Politifact checked Michelle Obama’s statement about the WH being built by slaves. That’s true.

Of course, the Tweet responses are, well, just see ‘em for yourself:

“weren’t the slaves paid?” amazing. h/t @iTalk2Slick pic.twitter.com/VIbFqKr3K6

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) July 26, 2016

Slaves were paid, amiright? Holy schneikes. These people are so fact-challenged they don’t even understand the magnitude or meaning of slavery. They weren’t paid. They were slaves. They were worked to death. They were treated as chattel. They were not treated as people (and indeed, federal/state law until the Civil War treated them as a fraction of a white person - 3/5th compromise anyone).