Latest Fact-Checks In Race and Ethnicity

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Donna Brazile
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.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 20, 2023 a speech to the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Florida “decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery.”
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By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa • July 24, 2023
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on April 21, 2023 an interview with Noticias Telemundo
"Latino small businesses are 1 in 4 new businesses, but only 1% of venture capital funding goes to Latino businesses."
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May 16, 2023
Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock
stated on October 14, 2022 a debate
“Black women are 3 to 4 times more likely to die (from maternal mortality) even when they have the insurance and the income.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2022
American Leadership Action
American Leadership Action
stated on September 1, 2022 an ad
As a mayor, "John Fetterman chased down an innocent, unarmed Black man," wielded a shotgun and "falsely accused the man, triggering a confrontation with police."
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September 12, 2022
USA Freedom Fund
USA Freedom Fund
stated on May 11, 2022 an attack ad
“Kathy Barnette wants to build a statue of Barack Obama right next to the one of Abraham Lincoln on Capitol Hill."
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By Jon Greenberg • May 13, 2022
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on April 28, 2021 a GOP response to President Joe Biden's speech
Says Democrats blocked his efforts at police reform.
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By Amy Sherman • April 30, 2021
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on April 6, 2021 a debate.
“I restored felons’ rights - 173,000 - more than any governor in the history of America.”
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By Warren Fiske • April 19, 2021
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on June 5, 2020 on social media
“Central Park actually used to be a town called Seneca Village” founded by African Americans in 1825.
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By Hannah Roesch, Julia Schneider • August 12, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 11, 2020 a Facebook post
A white armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to two years in jail while a black armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to 26 years in prison by the same Florida judge.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 17, 2020
Jack Salzwedel
Jack Salzwedel
stated on October 8, 2019 a public forum
"There’s more African American males in the penal system right now than there were (enslaved) at the height of slavery." 
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • November 1, 2019
West Virginia Democratic Party
West Virginia Democratic Party
stated on April 2, 2019 a tweet
"Black women make only around 63 cents while Native American women earn 58 cents, and Hispanic women make just 54 cents in comparison to every dollar a man makes."
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By Garrett Spikes, Rebecca Jerome • May 16, 2019
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 26, 2018 a public forum
"President Trump continues to disrespect patriotic transgender Americans who want to serve their country."
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By D.L. Davis • August 20, 2018
stated on May 8, 2018 an Austin American-Statesman news story
Says Austin has "been ranked repeatedly as one of the most, if not the most, economically segregated cities in the country."
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 26, 2018 an interview on "Fox & Friends"
"Kanye (West) looks and he sees black unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees Hispanic unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees (women’s unemployment) the lowest it’s been in now almost 19 years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2018
Cora Faith Walker
Cora Faith Walker
stated on November 9, 2017 a guest commentary in the St. Louis American
"The average life expectancy for African Americans in Saint Louis and Saint Louis County varies by as much as 18 years compared to the white population, with nearly half of all African-American kids under the age of 18 living in poverty."
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By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • December 25, 2017
Truth Examiner
Truth Examiner
stated on November 2, 2017 a headline
"New Jersey police chief says black people ‘have no value’ and should all be executed."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • December 14, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 7, 2017 an interview
In Congress, "on the Democratic side of the room, you’ve got men and women of all different races; on the other side, you’ve got a bunch of white men in dark suits, all over 55 or so."
Mostly True
April 28, 2017
Randolph Bracy
Randolph Bracy
stated on April 4, 2017 in a New York Times op-ed
"African-Americans are grossly overrepresented on Florida’s death row."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 17, 2017
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech after a terrorist attack in Orlando
"Hate crimes against American Muslims and mosques have tripled after Paris and San Bernardino."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2016
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