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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

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

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

Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on December 6, 2023 a debate

“The great replacement theory is not some grand right-wing conspiracy theory. But a basic statement of the Democratic Party's platform.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • December 13, 2023

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on July 11, 2023 a video

“COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.”

By Samantha Putterman • July 19, 2023

Scott Adams
stated on March 8, 2023 a tweet

The 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was “an American intel op against Trump.”

By Gabrielle Settles • March 10, 2023

Tucker Carlson
stated on February 6, 2023 in a TV segment

“No administration has ever looked less like America, just by the numbers, than the Biden administration.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 17, 2023

Facebook posts
stated on January 18, 2023 a post

Black Americans are not descended from people who were taken from Africa to be enslaved.

By Gabrielle Settles • January 31, 2023

Kanye West
stated on December 1, 2022 an interview

Hitler “didn’t kill 6 million Jews” and “the Holocaust is not what happened.”

By Gabrielle Settles • December 5, 2022

Viral image
stated on July 21, 2022 an Instagram post

George Floyd and COVID-19 “never existed.”

July 22, 2022

Whoopi Goldberg
stated on January 31, 2022 a TV segment

"The Holocaust isn't about race. No, it's not about race."

By Bill McCarthy • February 1, 2022

Rachel Campos-Duffy
stated on August 7, 2021 Twitter

Says of UW-Madison, "It cost the university $50k (your tax dollars) to remove" a rock considered by some a symbol of racism.

By Laura Schulte • August 14, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on July 25, 2021 a Facebook post

"Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes has left training camp and says he will ‘not play another down in the NFL’ until the team changes their name.”

By Jason Asenso • July 28, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on August 2, 2020 Facebook and Twitter posts

Says BLM activist Sasha Johnson tweeted, “The white man will not be our equal but our slave.”

May 28, 2021

Viral image
stated on May 2, 2021 a Facebook post

Says Nikki Haley “white-washed” her name because she thought it “would give her a better chance than the name Nimrata Randhawa.”

May 6, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on April 20, 2021 a Facebook post

Derek Chauvin’s trial and conviction for the murder of George Floyd was faked as part of a “false flag.”

By Bill McCarthy • April 21, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on March 24, 2021 a Facebook post

A CNN chyron said the Boulder “shooter was factually Arabic, but morally white.”

By Bill McCarthy • March 25, 2021

Viral image
stated on February 24, 2021 a Facebook post

Says Joe Biden tweeted, “the way white people talk leaving minorities confused.”

February 24, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on September 11, 2020 a Facebook post

“Kenosha car dealer kills himself after insurance won’t cover … damages caused by the riots.”

By Eric Litke • September 11, 2020

Viral image
stated on August 27, 2020 a Facebook post

Suggests the alleged Kenosha shooter’s father is a deputy in the Kenosha sheriff’s department.

By Jon Greenberg • August 28, 2020

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