​Award #3: Best History Crash and Burn Related to a Business or Institution in 2024 – The Texas Historical Commission for removing books about slavery from historical plantation gift shops. Story

​Runner up: The University of Virginia for suspending campus tours after some people complained about the emphasis on slavery.

Award #1: The Weemsy of the Year - The Person Who Said the Most Ridiculous and/or Demonstrably False Statements About U.S. History– Donald J. Trump. This former president and current president-elect racked up a record 9 nominations for 1) comparing imprisoned January 6 rioters to Japanese Americans held in internment prison camps during World War II; 2) claiming his January 6 crowd was larger than the one that gathered to hear MLK’s “I Have A Dream” speech; 3) complaining that he's been treated worse than Abraham Lincoln; 4) arguing that Lincoln should have negotiated to avoid the Civil War; 5) saying he’s been the “best president for the Black population since Abraham Lincoln”; 6) declaring that NC candidate for governor Mark Robinson, who described himself as a Black Nazi who would own slaves if slavery was still legal, was MLK “on steroids”; 7) offering a bizarre description of the Battle of Gettysburg and adding a fake quote by Robert E. Lee for good measure; 8) claiming that he’s done more for Israel than any US president, or any person; 9) arguing that the Founders, who created impeachment and a system of checks and balances to limit presidential power, wanted presidential immunity.
Note: Trump also won this top award in 2020
Runner-up: Nikki Haley for 1) refusing to say that slavery was the cause of the Civil War; 2) saying the US has “never been a racist country";  and 3)  claiming that Texas could secede from the US if it wanted.​

​​Award #2: Most Absurd Claim About the Founders in 2024 – Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene for saying that “Our Founding Fathers would’ve been considered Christian Nationalists.”
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Runner Up: Donald Trump for claiming the Founders, who created impeachment and a system of checks and balances to limit presidential power, wanted presidential immunity.

Award #6: The Most Bonkers Claim about the Civil War or World War II in 2024 – Donald Trump for comparing imprisoned January 6 rioters to innocent Japanese Americans held in internment prison camps during World War II Story
Runner-up: Donald Trump for offering a bizarre description of the Battle of Gettysburg (“it was…so interesting, and so vicious and horrible, and so beautiful in so many different ways”) and adding a fake quote by Robert E. Lee for good measure.
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The 2024 Weemsy Award™ winners!

Award #4: The Most Astonishingly Stupid Reference to Black History in 2024 – Eric Trump for comparing his father's legal woes to the history of racism against Black Americans: 'They're Doing the Same to Donald Trump' Story
Runner-up: Donald Trump for saying he’s been the “best president for the Black population since Abraham Lincoln”​

​Award #5: The Most Ridiculous Reference to the Civil Rights Movement in 2024 - Lawyer Alina Habba for comparing her client Donald Trump being under multiple indictments to MLK and Rosa Parks (also, for good measure, Nelson Mandela and Jesus) Story
Runner-up:Donald Trump for claiming that his January 6, 2021 crowd was larger than the one that gathered to hear MLK’s “I Have A Dream” speech.​

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Award #7: The Biggest History Fail in 2024 That Defied Categorization – Presidential candidate Nikki Haley for claiming that the US has “never been a racist country."  Story
Runner-up: Charlie Kirk for comparing Trump’s 34 felony convictions to JFK’s assassination and 9/11