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  • 2016-03-02 (xsd:date)
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  • No, Donald Trump Didn't Tell Phil Donahue He Was an Atheist in 1989 (en)
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  • In February 2016, a meme featuring a photo of Donald Trump along with a purported quote of his from a 1989 episode of The Phil Donahue Show started making the social media rounds. According to this particular meme, Trump told Donahue at the time that his high IQ made it impossible for him not to be an atheist: We found no evidence that Trump uttered this phrase, and no evidence that he even appeared on The Phil Donahue Show in 1989. The media mogul was a guest on the show in 1987, but there is no record of him discussing his religious views (or, more accurately, his lack thereof) during that appearance. This photo wasn't taken during an episode of The Phil Donahue Show, either. It was taken during an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show in 1988: This is just one of the many fake quotes currently being falsely attributed to the Republican presidential candidate. (Lest any other presidential candidates feel left out, there are plenty of fake quotes about them circulating around the internet as well.) (en)
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