Fact Check Posts – Politifact

Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2025 in a Truth Social post:

The Digital Equity Act is a handout "based on race,” and “illegal.”

By Amy Sherman • May 13, 2025

Ian Miles Cheong
stated on March 19, 2025 in 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.”

By Jeff Cercone • March 21, 2025

Facebook posts
stated on February 12, 2025 in a post:

Michael Jordan said that “any athlete who kneels for our national anthem should lose their medal.”

By Claire Cranford • February 19, 2025

Instagram posts
stated on October 29, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Kamala Harris paid The Shade Room to interview her “for perceived support amongst black voters.”

By Sofia Ahmed • October 30, 2024

Instagram posts
stated on October 21, 2024 in Instagram posts:

Jussie Smollett is Kamala Harris’ nephew.

By Sofia Ahmed • October 23, 2024

Byron Donalds
stated on October 13, 2024 in 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.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 15, 2024

Social Media
stated on September 24, 2024 in social media posts:

Vice President Kamala Harris responded, “Next question please,” when asked about the economy during an Aug. 29 CNN interview.

By Sofia Ahmed • September 27, 2024

Charlie Kirk
stated on August 6, 2024 in a Threads post:

“During Covid, Tim Walz rationed access to monoclonal antibody treatments based on skin color.”

By Jeff Cercone • August 14, 2024

Laura Loomer
stated on July 31, 2024 in 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.”

By Jeff Cercone • August 6, 2024

Donald Trump
stated on July 31, 2024 in 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.”

By Samantha Putterman • July 31, 2024

Facebook posts
stated on June 24, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Chiefs' Coach Andy Reid "fires 3 top players for anthem kneeling."

By Mia Penner • July 1, 2024

David Crowley
stated on May 16, 2024 in Public appearance:

“Under (the Biden) administration we have witnessed the fastest growth of Black-owned small businesses in more than 30 years.”

By Vanessa Swales • June 28, 2024

Donald Trump
stated on June 15, 2024 in remarks in Detroit:

The Trump administration “achieved the lowest African American unemployment rate and the lowest African American poverty rate ever recorded.”

By Louis Jacobson • June 20, 2024

Donald Trump
stated on May 2, 2024 in an X post:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called voter ID “racist,” calls NRA a “terrorist organization” and supports affirmative action.

By Amy Sherman • May 14, 2024

Libs of TikTok
stated on March 28, 2024 in a post on X:

“Nothing to see here… just the Mayor of Baltimore threatening White people.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 1, 2024

JD Vance
stated on March 14, 2024 in an interview with Fox News:

Says “100% of net job creation under the Biden administration has gone to the foreign-born.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 27, 2024

Donald Trump
stated on March 9, 2024 in a rally in Rome, Georgia:

"In February alone, nearly 1 million jobs held by native-born Americans disappeared."

By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2024

Instagram posts
stated on February 22, 2024 in a video:

Johnnie Cochran “mysteriously passed away” and his death is linked to his work on slavery reparations.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • February 23, 2024

Joe Biden
stated on February 13, 2024 in a campaign ad:

Under Joe Biden, there are “record numbers of new Black entrepreneurs.”

By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2024

Donna Brazile
stated on February 4, 2024 in a roundtable on ABC's "This Week":

Under President Joe Biden, “Black unemployment is the lowest in American history.”

By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2024

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