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Latest Fact-Checks In Race and Ethnicity

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Donald Trump
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.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 20, 2024
Donald Trump
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.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 14, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 8, 2024 in a speech:
“The racial wealth gap is the smallest it’s been in 20 years.”
Half-True
By Sara Swann • January 12, 2024
Sawyer Hackett
Sawyer Hackett
stated on January 16, 2023 in a tweet:
Gov. Abbott “signed a bill last year eliminating the requirements for Texas schools to teach MLK’s ‘I have a dream’ speech.”
Half-True
By Nusaiba Mizan • February 14, 2023
Jamaal Bowman
Jamaal Bowman
stated on January 26, 2022 in a tweet:
“More white legacy students get admitted to top universities than Black & Latinx students admitted through affirmative action.”
Half-True
By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento • March 7, 2022
Gary Chambers Jr.
Gary Chambers Jr.
stated on February 9, 2022 in a campaign video:
"One in 13 Black Americans are deprived of the right to vote."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 15, 2022
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 15, 2021 in 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.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 18, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“The NAACP wants” the Confederate Memorial Carving “sandblasted off Stone Mountain.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 27, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on September 23, 2021 in 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.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 24, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 27, 2021 in 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.
Half-True
By Andy Nguyen • July 7, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 20, 2021 in 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."
Half-True
By Andy Nguyen • June 28, 2021
Diamond and Silk
Diamond and Silk
stated on June 17, 2021 in a Facebook post:
It was “the left” that “finally” made Juneteenth a national holiday.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • June 21, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Minority farmers get big bonus, white ones get none,” because of Democrats.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 30, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 14, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Amy Coney Barrett said "calling a Black employee the N-word does not make for a hostile work environment."
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • October 15, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 2, 2020 in a post on Facebook:
“The leader of Proud Boys is the Florida state director of Latinos for Trump.”
Half-True
By Madison Czopek • October 6, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate:
“Suburbs are by and large integrated.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 15, 2020 in a speech at a Florida event:
“24 of every 100 kids in school today speak Spanish.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 23, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Jacob Blake, shot by police in Kenosha, had a warrant for sexual assault and prior convictions for gun use
Half-True
By Eric Litke • August 27, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 29, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Black Lives Matter demonstrators attack “elderly man wearing oxygen.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • July 7, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on June 29, 2020 in a viral image:
Lawyer-couple who pointed guns at protesters are Black Lives Matter backers, Democrats and represent a police brutality victim.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • July 1, 2020
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