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Latest Fact-Checks In Race and Ethnicity

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2025 a Truth Social post:
The Digital Equity Act is a handout "based on race,” and “illegal.”
False
By Amy Sherman • May 13, 2025
Ian Miles Cheong
Ian Miles Cheong
stated on March 19, 2025 an X post:
Netflix show “Adolescence” is based on Southport, England, knife attacker but the show “race swapped the actual killer from a black man/migrant to a white boy.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • March 21, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 12, 2025 a post:
Michael Jordan said that “any athlete who kneels for our national anthem should lose their medal.”
False
By Claire Cranford • February 19, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 29, 2024 an Instagram post:
Kamala Harris paid The Shade Room to interview her “for perceived support amongst black voters.”
False
By Sofia Ahmed • October 30, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 21, 2024 Instagram posts:
Jussie Smollett is Kamala Harris’ nephew.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • October 23, 2024
Byron Donalds
Byron Donalds
stated on October 13, 2024 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
“Wages adjusted for inflation were massively up under Donald Trump for Black men. … The (Black-white) wage gap in 2019 was actually shrinking under Donald Trump's administration.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 15, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on September 24, 2024 social media posts:
Vice President Kamala Harris responded, “Next question please,” when asked about the economy during an Aug. 29 CNN interview.
Pants on Fire!
By Sofia Ahmed • September 27, 2024
Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk
stated on August 6, 2024 a Threads post:
“During Covid, Tim Walz rationed access to monoclonal antibody treatments based on skin color.”
Mostly False
By Jeff Cercone • August 14, 2024
Laura Loomer
Laura Loomer
stated on July 31, 2024 an X post:
“Nowhere on her birth certificate does it say that she is BLACK OR AFRICAN. … Kamala Harris is NOT black and never has been.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • August 6, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 31, 2024 an NABJ conference appearance:
Kamala Harris was “Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden, she made a turn and she went, she became a Black person.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • July 31, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 24, 2024 a Facebook post:
Chiefs' Coach Andy Reid "fires 3 top players for anthem kneeling."
False
By Mia Penner • July 1, 2024
David Crowley
David Crowley
stated on May 16, 2024 Public appearance:
“Under (the Biden) administration we have witnessed the fastest growth of Black-owned small businesses in more than 30 years.”
True
By Vanessa Swales • June 28, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 15, 2024 remarks in Detroit:
The Trump administration “achieved the lowest African American unemployment rate and the lowest African American poverty rate ever recorded.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 20, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 2, 2024 an X post:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called voter ID “racist,” calls NRA a “terrorist organization” and supports affirmative action.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 14, 2024
Libs of TikTok
Libs of TikTok
stated on March 28, 2024 a post on X:
“Nothing to see here… just the Mayor of Baltimore threatening White people.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 1, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on March 14, 2024 an interview with Fox News:
Says “100% of net job creation under the Biden administration has gone to the foreign-born.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 27, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 9, 2024 a rally in Rome, Georgia:
"In February alone, nearly 1 million jobs held by native-born Americans disappeared."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 22, 2024 a video:
Johnnie Cochran “mysteriously passed away” and his death is linked to his work on slavery reparations.
Pants on Fire!
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • February 23, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 13, 2024 a campaign ad:
Under Joe Biden, there are “record numbers of new Black entrepreneurs.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2024
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on February 4, 2024 a roundtable on ABC's "This Week":
Under President Joe Biden, “Black unemployment is the lowest in American history.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2024
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