Latest Fact-Checks In Race and Ethnicity

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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.”
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By Louis Jacobson • October 15, 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.”
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August 14, 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
Dave Murphy
Dave Murphy
stated on November 7, 2023 Wisconsin Assembly
"Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo signed a three-year contract for $186 million. He and his family, being African American, could receive benefits under affirmative action.”
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By Ricardo Torres • January 17, 2024
Dean Phillips
Dean Phillips
stated on November 13, 2023 a speech at Dartmouth College
"Half of American high school students are not familiar with the Holocaust."
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By Louis Jacobson • November 20, 2023
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on January 29, 2023 an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press"
"I got a list of 20 jurisdictions that defunded the police to the tune of over $1 billion total."
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By Yacob Reyes • February 1, 2023
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on September 4, 2022 an interview
“Tim Ryan called police the new Jim Crow.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2022
Candace Owens
Candace Owens
stated on May 3, 2022 a tweet
“79% of Planned Parenthood clinics are in minority neighborhoods. This is not by accident. That is by its founder, Margaret Sanger's, eugenicist design."
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By Samantha Putterman • May 18, 2022
Aaron Lieberman
Aaron Lieberman
stated on April 28, 2022 an ad
"Kari Lake has been appearing at rallies with neo-Nazis," while "two federal juries have found" Katie Hobbs "guilty of racial discrimination."
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May 12, 2022
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 8, 2021 in a CNN interview
"In 2015, when Terry McAuliffe was governor, the Virginia Department of Education promoted incorporating critical race theory lens in education...They were trying to indoctrinate kids.”
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By Gabrielle Settles • November 16, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 3, 2021 an Instagram post
"Arizona Department of Education gives green light on face mask and vaccine mandates, as well as implementing Critical (Race) Theory.”
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November 10, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 13, 2021 a Facebook post
"Tennessee new law passed 48 hours ago now makes it illegal to teach Black history in the grades K-12."
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October 19, 2021
FreedomWorks
FreedomWorks
stated on September 28, 2021 a Facebook post
“The Democrats want you American taxpayers to shell out $3 billion for ‘non-racist’ trees.”
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September 29, 2021
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on August 26, 2021 a TikTok video
"Verizon promotes defunding the police and (the) idea that America is fundamentally racist."
Mostly False
September 27, 2021
Kayleigh McEnany
Kayleigh McEnany
stated on July 6, 2021 a TV segment
“We know most of our forefathers, all of our main Founding Fathers were against slavery, recognized the evils of it.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • July 9, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 20, 2021 a Facebook post
Maxine Waters could be “sentenced” for “jury tampering.”
Mostly False
By Shasha Hupka • April 23, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 1, 2021 remarks with Mexico's president
"The fastest-growing population in the United States is Hispanic."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2021
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 9, 2021 a tweet
Said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her allies “blocked a resolution condemning anti-Semitism — which I passed unanimously in the Senate.”
Mostly False
By Landon Allison, Julia Schneider • February 18, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2020 the final 2020 presidential debate
“President Obama would never give them long-term funding, and I did … I saved historically Black colleges and universities.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • October 27, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 24, 2020 a campaign rally
"We have a mayor in D.C. who formed a commission with recommendations. Her recommendation is: Take down the Washington Monument, close up the Lincoln Monument."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • October 26, 2020
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