Actor Tim Allen Didn’t Write Viral Post
The Claim
American actor Tim Allen wrote an viral anti-Democrat post reading:
“Here are some interesting points to think about prior to 2020, especially to my friends on the fence, like moderate Democrats, Libertarians and Independents and the never Trump Republicans and those thinking of 'walking away' from the Democratic party.
Women are upset at Trump’s naughty words -- they also bought 80 million copies of 50 Shades of Gray.
Not one feminist has defended Sarah Sanders. It seems women’s rights only matter if those women are liberal.
No Border Walls. No voter ID laws. Did you figure it out yet? But wait... there's more.
Chelsea Clinton got out of college and got a job at NBC that paid $900,000 per year. Her mom flies around the country speaking out about white privilege.
And just like that, they went from being against foreign interference in our elections to allowing non-citizens to vote in our elections.
President Trump’s wall costs less than the Obamacare website. Let that sink in, America.
We are one election away from open borders, socialism, gun confiscation, and full-term abortion nationally. We are fighting evil.
They sent more troops and armament to arrest Roger Stone than they sent to defend Benghazi.
60 years ago, Venezuela was 4th on the world economic freedom index. Today, they are 179th and their citizens are dying of starvation. In only 10 years, Venezuela was destroyed by democratic socialism.
Russia donated $0.00 to the Trump campaign. Russia donated $145,600,000 to the Clinton Foundation. But Trump was the one investigated!
Nancy Pelosi invited illegal aliens to the State of the Union. President Trump Invited victims of illegal aliens to the State of the Union. Let that sink in.
A socialist is basically a communist who doesn’t have the power to take everything from their citizens at gunpoint ... Yet!
How do you walk 3000 miles across Mexico without food or support and show up at our border 100 pounds overweight and with a cellphone?
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez wants to ban cars, ban planes, give out universal income and thinks socialism works. She calls Donald Trump crazy.
Bill Clinton paid $850,000 to Paula Jones To get her to go away. I don’t remember the FBI raiding his lawyer’s office.
I wake up every day and I am grateful that Hillary Clinton is not the president of the United States of America.
The same media that told me Hillary Clinton had a 95% chance of winning now tells me Trump’s approval ratings are low.
'The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.'— Margaret Thatcher
Maxine Waters opposes voter ID laws; She thinks that they are racist. You need to have a photo ID to attend her town hall meetings.
President Trump said — 'They’re not after me. They’re after you. I’m just in their way.'
Read that again.
Pass along these truths!”
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Emerging story
In late August 2020, social media users began sharing the claim with an accompanying picture of actor Tim Allen.
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar’s investigation found that, much like the viral Serena Williams Facebook post discussing COVID-19 and race that we reported on earlier, the original post was written by someone who happens to share a name with a celebrity.
The original post appears to have originated from a Virginian jewelry technician named Tim Allen who posted it on August 25, 2020.
Actor Tim Allen’s publicist Marleah Leslie said that “This statement was not written by my client, the actor Tim Allen.”
Besides a shared name, the post was likely attributed to Allen because of his portrayal of a conservative character on the show Last Man Standing. He has also been vocal about his personal non-liberal views. However, he did not write the viral anti-Democrat post.
