Latest Fact-Checks In Civil Rights

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Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on May 24, 2021 an op-ed on CNBC
“New Haven, Conn., had to issue bonds for a bridge after using funds for that bridge to pay for a police misconduct settlement."
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By Jon Greenberg • May 27, 2021
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on February 9, 2021 a statement
“There is a direct connection between discriminatory policies within the USDA and the enormous land loss we have seen among Black farmers over the past century."
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By Miriam Valverde • February 22, 2021
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates
stated on June 19, 2019 congressional testimony
"The typical black family in this country has one-tenth the wealth of the typical white family."
True
July 1, 2019
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on March 12, 2019 a podcast
29 states still don’t have "comprehensive protections" for people in the LGBTQ community.
True
By Mica Soellner • March 28, 2019
Sheriff David Clarke for U.S. Senate
Sheriff David Clarke for U.S. Senate
stated on April 5, 2017 a fund-raising email
Says Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. has said Black Lives Matter "is a terrorist movement, a hate group and calls it, Black LIES Matter."
True
April 17, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on November 18, 2016 an interview
Says Donald Trump "thinks stop-and-frisk is fine."
True
December 9, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 26, 2016 a Hillary for America television ad
"Trump Management was charged with discriminating against African-Americans and breaking federal law."
True
By Lauren Carroll • September 14, 2016
ACLU of North Carolina
ACLU of North Carolina
stated on June 29, 2016 a press release
Proposed NC law for body camera footage gives police "broad authority to keep video footage secret – even from individuals who are filmed."
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By Will Doran • July 1, 2016
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 7, 2016 a blog post
"More people are struck by lightning than commit in-person voter fraud" by impersonation.
True
April 7, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 22, 2016 a speech at Stanford University.
When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 30, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 13, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"More than once, I've actually had a conversation with the protesters on substance."
True
By Linda Qiu • March 13, 2016
Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
stated on September 27, 2015 a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says "Bernie Sanders was there when it came to (same-sex) marriage 20 years ago. ... He was there when it wasn't popular."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • September 29, 2015
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 3, 2015 an interview
Says Scott Walker's views on abortion are more restrictive "than any Republican president in recent times."
True
July 16, 2015
Jason Rae
Jason Rae
stated on April 21, 2015 an interview
Wisconsin's non-discrimination law "doesn't protect members of the trans-gender community."  
True
May 8, 2015
Lena Taylor
Lena Taylor
stated on March 12, 2015 a news release
Polling shows that nearly 74 percent of National Rifle Association members "support requiring background checks for all gun sales."
True
March 18, 2015
Diego Arene-Morley
Diego Arene-Morley
stated on November 18, 2014 a community forum
"There are more African American men in prison, jail, on probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850."
True
By Katie Mulvaney • December 7, 2014
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on June 16, 2014 a press release
Wisconsin was the "first state to ban public and private sector employment discrimination based on sexual orientation."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 22, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 10, 2014 speech at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library
During Lyndon B. Johnson’s first 20 years in Congress, "he opposed every civil rights measure that came up for a vote."
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 14, 2014
NAACP
NAACP
stated on March 3, 2014 a news release
In the U.S., "African-Americans continue to be arrested at nearly three and one half times the rate of whites" on marijuana charges.
True
By John Hill • March 16, 2014
Mark Udall
Mark Udall
stated on June 9, 2013 a Senate speech rebroadcast on ABC's "This Week"
Currently, the intelligence community "can collect business records on law-abiding Americans who have no connection to terrorism."
True
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • June 13, 2013
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