Fact Check: Tim Allen did not attack Democrats on Facebook with list of 'interesting points'
Claim:
Comedian Tim Allen wrote a long Facebook post attacking liberals and Democratic politicians detailing 'some interesting points to think about prior to 2020, especially to my friends on the fence.'
Rating:
Comedian and Actor Tim Allen has been the target of a persistent internet rumor claiming he wrote a list of "interesting points" criticizing Democrats. Various versions of the post originally gained traction in 2019 and persisted in 2025. The posts were spread among conservative social media users like musician Ted Nugent and contained numerous, dubious observations criticizing Democrats and liberals.
Though we first debunked this claim in September 2019, the post made a comeback in mid-2025. Reshared on Facebook in May 2025, alongside a photo of Allen, it stated (in part):
TIM ALLEN - ON TRUMP: Whatever your feelings for Trump, these are some interesting points that Tim Allen makes. Put your hatred aside and think about these observations. Tim Allen is credited with writing this ...
Tim Allen wrote... 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.[...]- We are one election away from open borders, socialism, gun confiscation, and full-term abortion nationally. We are fighting evil.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=713146357911742&set=a.140350298524687
However, as we reported before, the comedian and actor did not write the above post. We found no evidence on his social media profiles, or in his interviews that he made the above statement. As such, we rate this as an incorrect attribution.
Snopes did trace one example of the purported quote to an August 2019 Facebook post from a user who went by the name "Tim Allen" and appeared to reside in Virginia. He shared the "interesting points" message on his personal account and was among the early users to share a post with those views.
https://www.facebook.com/tim.allen.50552/posts/2405499676182316?ref=embed_post
Nugent shared a version of the post in August 2019 without tying it to Allen and with a number of modifications. By that time the post had appeared online for several months with some of the musings adapted from other social media posts:
Pearls of wisdom
Life is not a fairy tale. If you lose your shoe at midnight, you're drunk.
If women are upset at Trump's naughty words, who in the hell bought 80 million copies of '50 Shades of Gray'?
Jim Comey answered, "I don't know," "I don't recall," and "I don't remember" 236 times while under oath. But he remembered enough to write a book.
President Trump should nominate Hillary Clinton for the next opening on the supreme court. Then he can finally get her investigated.
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. You figured it out yet?
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.
Per our past reporting, the section of the Facebook post about being "one election away from open borders, socialism, gun confiscation, and full-term abortion nationally" was its own meme back in January 2019.
The line about "foreign interference" in elections was posted separately in social media content from April 2019.
Allen has spoken publicly about his conservative views. In a 2017 interview, he likened being a conservative in Hollywood to living in 1930s Germany. He did also call the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump "horrible, embarrassing, and shameful."
This is not the first time we have covered posts sharing a celebrity's alleged political views. In May 2025, we reported on a deepfake video of Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour explaining why she permanently removed U.S. President Donald Trump from the Met Gala invitation list. The video had been manipulated from real footage of Wintour to show her falsely saying: "We make room for art, culture and the true spirit of innovation, rather than making way for someone who blatantly belittled women, mocked immigrants and regarded aesthetics as a bargaining chip." Wintour never used those words.
In sum, there is no evidence of Allen writing the above Facebook post, despite holding conservative views. It was thus incorrectly attributed to him.
Snopes' archives contributed to this report.
MacGuill, Dan. "Did Comedian Tim Allen Write a Viral Facebook Attack on Democrats?" Snopes, 4 Sept. 2019, https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/tim-allen-liberals-facebook/. Accessed 15 May 2025.
Mumford, Gwilym. "Tim Allen Condemned for Comparing Hollywood to 1930s Germany." The Guardian, 21 Mar. 2017. The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/mar/21/tim-allen-urged-to-apologise-for-comparing-hollywood-to-1930s-nazi-germany-jimmy-kimmel. Accessed 15 May 2025.
"Tim Allen Breaks Silence on Capitol Attack: 'Shameful' and Bad for Conservatives." EW.Com, https://ew.com/celebrity/tim-allen-on-capitol-attack-shameful/. Accessed 15 May 2025.
Wrona, Aleksandra. "Video Showing Anna Wintour Saying Why She Banned Trump from Met Gala Is a Deepfake." Snopes, 8 May 2025, https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/anna-wintour-trump-met-gala/. Accessed 15 May 2025.
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