Fact Check Posts – Politifact

Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2025 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 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.”

March 21, 2025

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.”

By Claire Cranford • February 19, 2025

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.”

October 30, 2024

Instagram posts
stated on October 21, 2024 Instagram posts

Jussie Smollett is Kamala Harris’ nephew.

October 23, 2024

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.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 15, 2024

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.

September 27, 2024

Charlie Kirk
stated on August 6, 2024 a Threads post

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

August 14, 2024

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.”

August 6, 2024

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.”

By Samantha Putterman • July 31, 2024

Facebook posts
stated on June 24, 2024 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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