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Latest Fact-Checks In Civil Rights

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Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on May 18, 2022 in a committee hearing.:
“Public schools are now as segregated by race and class as they were in the 1960s.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • June 8, 2022
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on June 27, 2019 in her exchange on busing during the Democratic presidential debate:
Says "I was part of the second class to integrate Berkeley, California, public schools." 
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols, Stefanie Pousoulides • July 2, 2019
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
stated on June 1, 2019 in an Instagram post:
"The majority of Americans across ALL parties favor these nondiscrimination policies for LGBTQ people (liberals at 81%, moderates at 76% and conservatives at 55%)."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • June 5, 2019
Bob Donovan
Bob Donovan
stated on May 23, 2018 in a news release:
"Since 2015, the City of Milwaukee has spent more than $22 million on settlements with litigants accusing police of misconduct."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • May 24, 2018
Michael Screnock
Michael Screnock
stated on March 2, 2018 in a debate:
Says Rebecca Dallet "has talked about her interest in advocating for policies that need to be changed to achieve her political objectives."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • March 21, 2018
James Peterson
James Peterson
stated on June 23, 2017 in a ruling from the bench:
 "Ted Kaczynski has less restrictive confinement than the youth at Lincoln Hills."
Mostly True
By Alan Hovorka • August 18, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on June 29, 2017 in a speech:
Says Dontre Hamilton "was shot 14 times by police for resting on a park bench in Milwaukee."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • August 1, 2017
George Takei
George Takei
stated on January 20, 2017 in a Tweet:
"The White House removed its climate change web page. And the healthcare, civil rights and LGBT sections."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • January 23, 2017
Tom Harkin
Tom Harkin
stated on July 26, 2016 in in a speech at the Democratic National Convention:
Says "employers are still allowed to pay people with disabilities below the minimum wage."
Mostly True
By Taylor Leighton • August 12, 2016
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on June 6, 2016 in a tweet:
"@realDonaldTrump is coming to San Antonio, which is 60% Mexican-AMERICAN."
Mostly True
By Filipa Ioannou • June 17, 2016
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on February 14, 2016 in a TV show:
In Sauk City, Wisconsin, "the ID office" that provides identification for voting "is only open on the fifth Wednesday of every month" -- a total of four days in 2016.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • February 19, 2016
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on June 26, 2015 in a statement:
"In a majority of states, you can now marry freely, but can still be fired for who you love."
Mostly True
By Sarah Hauer • July 9, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 23, 2015 in a speech in Florissant, Mo.:
American schools are "more segregated than they were in the 1960s."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • June 25, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 in a speech:
Says Scott Walker "cut back early voting and signed legislation that would make it harder for college students to vote."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • June 9, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 in a speech:
"Former Gov. Rick Perry signed a law that a federal court said was actually written with the purpose of discriminating against minority voters."
Mostly True
By Keely Herring, Linda Qiu • June 9, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 28, 2014 in a speech:
Wisconsin Republicans "repealed a statewide fair pay law" that made "sure women are treated fairly on the job."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • October 31, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on September 19, 2014 in a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.:
Greg Abbott "heads up a party whose platform calls for the repeal of the Voting Rights Act."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 24, 2014
Edward Flynn
Edward Flynn
stated on August 20, 2014 in an interview:
In 2012, there were nearly 12.2 million arrests and only 410 "uses of deadly force" by police in the United States.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • August 29, 2014
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on December 19, 2013 in comments on his radio program:
To comply with non-discrimination laws, the government is "forcing people in business to make wedding cakes" for anyone.  
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • December 22, 2013
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on November 19, 2013 in an online campaign video:
"Firearms homicides are down about 40 percent" since Texas passed concealed-gun permit law.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • November 27, 2013
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