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  • 2016-08-19 (xsd:date)
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  • Donald Trump Says Harriet Tubman Face Belongs on Foodstamps (en)
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  • On 18 August 2016, the web site TMZHipHop.com published an article reporting that Donald Trump had said abolitionist Harriet Tubman's face belongs on a food stamp card (i.e., an EBT card) and not the $20 bill: There is no truth to this report. This fabricated story originally circulated online in May 2016, shortly after it was announced that Harriet Tubman would replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. The news sparked a series of rumors and hoaxes, including the above-quoted story about Donald Trump. TMZHipHop.com is a fake news web site that is not affiliated with the real TMZ entertainment news and gossip site. Although there is no disclaimer on TMZHipHop.com identifying its content as fiction, TMZHipHop.com shares a Facebook page with Celebriticity, a web site operating under the motto that people don't want to be informed, they want to be entertained. While Trump, 2016 the Republican presidential nominee, did speak out against the decision to update the U.S. $20 bill, suggesting that Tubman get placed on the $2 bill instead, he didn't declare that the famous abolitionist's likeness should be placed on EBT cards: (en)
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