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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

Joe Biden
stated on January 8, 2024 a speech

“The racial wealth gap is the smallest it’s been in 20 years.”

By Sara Swann • January 12, 2024

Sawyer Hackett
stated on January 16, 2023 a tweet

Gov. Abbott “signed a bill last year eliminating the requirements for Texas schools to teach MLK’s ‘I have a dream’ speech.”

By Nusaiba Mizan • February 14, 2023

Jamaal Bowman
stated on January 26, 2022 a tweet

“More white legacy students get admitted to top universities than Black & Latinx students admitted through affirmative action.”

By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento • March 7, 2022

Gary Chambers Jr.
stated on February 9, 2022 a campaign video

"One in 13 Black Americans are deprived of the right to vote."

By Amy Sherman • February 15, 2022

Viral image
stated on November 15, 2021 a Facebook post

Timothy Simpkins, a Black teen shooter, got 1 day in jail and $75,000 bail, while Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teen, got 2 months in jail and $2 million bail. “I think it’s pretty evident ... that white privilege is a myth.”

November 17, 2021

Viral image
stated on September 18, 2021 a Facebook post

“The NAACP wants” the Confederate Memorial Carving “sandblasted off Stone Mountain.”

September 27, 2021

Instagram posts
stated on September 23, 2021 an Instagram post

Says Joe Biden said: “If Haiti just quietly sunk into the Caribbean, or rose up 300 feet, it wouldn’t matter a whole lot in terms of our interests.”

September 24, 2021

Instagram posts
stated on June 27, 2021 an Instagram post

Three white former police officers were sentenced to less prison time — combined — for killing three Black people than a Black man was for selling marijuana.

By Andy Nguyen • July 7, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on June 20, 2021 a Facebook post

"Japan has banned all (Black Lives Matter) apparel from the Olympics. No one can kneel or raise fists during the anthems either."

By Andy Nguyen • June 28, 2021

Diamond and Silk
stated on June 17, 2021 a Facebook post

It was “the left” that “finally” made Juneteenth a national holiday.

June 21, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on March 15, 2021 a Facebook post

“Minority farmers get big bonus, white ones get none,” because of Democrats.

March 30, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on October 14, 2020 a Facebook post

Says Amy Coney Barrett said "calling a Black employee the N-word does not make for a hostile work environment."

By Samantha Putterman • October 15, 2020

Viral image
stated on October 2, 2020 a post on Facebook

“The leader of Proud Boys is the Florida state director of Latinos for Trump.”

By Madison Czopek • October 6, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on September 29, 2020 the first presidential debate

“Suburbs are by and large integrated.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on September 15, 2020 a speech at a Florida event

“24 of every 100 kids in school today speak Spanish.”

By Amy Sherman • September 23, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2020 a Facebook post

Says Jacob Blake, shot by police in Kenosha, had a warrant for sexual assault and prior convictions for gun use

By Eric Litke • August 27, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 29, 2020 a Facebook post

Black Lives Matter demonstrators attack “elderly man wearing oxygen.”

July 7, 2020

Viral image
stated on June 29, 2020 a viral image

Lawyer-couple who pointed guns at protesters are Black Lives Matter backers, Democrats and represent a police brutality victim.

July 1, 2020

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