Listed in chronological order. Scroll to the end to find the most recent history fails. The nomination season runs from December to December, so the first few nominations for 2024 occurred in December 2023.
University of Virginia suspends tours after conservatives complain about emphasis on slavery Story here
Trump says he’s done more for Blacks than any president other than Abraham Lincoln Story here and video below
Did you hear that Bath & Body Works accidentally released a KKK-themed candle? Story here
Target Pulls Black History Month Book That Misidentified 3 Civil Rights Icons Story here
Louisville group rebrands Juneteenth as Louteenth and receives major backlash Story here
Sen. Ron Johnson says Great Depression was planned Story here
Trump says he’s done more for Israel than any US president, or any person Story here
Trump claims the Founders, who created impeachment and a system of checks and balances, wanted Presidential immunity Story here
Charlie Kirk compares Trump conviction to JFK assassination and 9/11 Story here and video below
Rev. John MacArthur says Martin Luther King was “not a Christian at all” Story here
JD Vance says he and Trump are “the "most pro-worker Republican ticket in history." Story here
Rep. Byron Donalds says Black families were stronger during Jim Crow era Story here and video below
Comedian and podcaster Terrence K. Williams creates viral meme falsely claiming “the Democrats” are responsible for a long line of assassinations in US history
Story here
Heinz ad campaign pulled after people pointed out the obvious racist imagery of blackface Story here
The Texas Historical Commission Removed Books on Slavery From Plantation Gift Shops Story here
Marjorie Taylor Greens gets a whole lot wrong about the Declaration of Independence Story here
Fox News Guest Brooke Goldstein Compares Pro-Palestinian Protests to Pearl Harbor Story here
Marjorie Taylor Greene Slammed for Saying Founding Fathers Would Be Seen as ‘Christian Nationalists’ Story here and video below
NYPD mocked for displaying book on the history of terrorism as a “how to manual” for engaging in terrorism Story here and video below
Eric Trump Compares His Father's Legal Woes to Racism: 'They're Doing the Same to Donald Trump' Story here
Vivek Ramaswamy says we will be judged by the Founding Fathers in the afterlife Story here and video below
On MLK Day Lauren Boebert claims MLK stood for equality, not equity, and says “Let’s end the woke movement in America in honor of MLK Jr.” Story here
Piers Morgan says Kamala Harris is the most far-left senator in American history
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Radio host Jesse Kelly says Statue of Liberty is American architecture Story here and video below
Rep Scott Perry claims the KKK is the military wing of the Democratic Party Story here
Louisiana mandates 10 Commandments based on bogus history claim Story here
Biden falsely claims political violence is “unheard of” in US history
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Trump lawyer Alina Habba compares Trump to MLK, Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela, and Jesus Story here
Nikki Haley says Texas can secede from US if it wants but 'isn't going to' Story here
Missouri School Board Votes To Remove Black History Classes Story here
Gov. Ron DeSantis uses fake Churchill quote that was actually from an old Budweiser ad Story here
Matt Schlapp says Columbus was a hero for bringing Christianity to the Americas and then makes a weird pivot to liberals and abortion and trans rights Story here
Charlie Kirk says Trump/Maga fighting the same forces of authoritarianism in the US that American GIs fought on D-Day Story here
Gov. Kristi Noem Claims Texas ‘Signed the Treaty That Formed the First Constitution’ Story here
Idaho senator tells Native American candidate to go back to where she came from at forum Story here
Nikki Haley refuses to say slavery was the cause of Civil War Story here and video below
Trump compares imprisoned January 6 rioters to Japanese American internees during World War II Story here
Oklahoma mandates Bible in schools based in a false claim that it was a key historical document in the nation’s founding Story here
Sen Josh Hawley compares Trump conviction to Alien and Sedition Acts Story here and video below
Trump rambles on about the Battle of Gettysburg and adds a fake quote by Robert E. Lee Story here and video below
Florida child, 2, restrained at daycare during civil rights lesson, NAACP urges investigation Story here
PBS ridiculed for discovering that after the Civil War emancipated people received land and then had it taken away
RFK, Jr says some crazy things about Biden, free speech, and US history Story here and video below
CO State Rep. Ken DeGraaf tears into Black History Month resolution. Says it’s “False history” Story here and video below
Trump compares his Jan. 6 crowd to MLK's in 1963 - 'We actually had more people' Story here
Nikki Haley says the US has never been a racist country. Story here and video below
Matt Walsh says some ridiculous and false stuff about slavery Story here
RFK Jr says removing Confederate monuments is “destroying history” Story here and video below
Trump says Lincoln should have negotiated to avoid the Civil War Story here and video below
Trump Claims He's Been Treated Worse Than Abraham Lincoln Story here
Nominees for the 2024 Weemsy Awards™
Trump says GOP candidate is MLK Jr. 'on steroids' Story here and video below
Google pauses Gemini AI chatbot's image tool after backlash over historically inaccurate pictures Story here
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