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Latest Fact-Checks In Race and Ethnicity

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 1, 2020 a Facebook post
BLM Fresno riots will begin at 4 p.m. in River Park on 06/02/20
False
By Madison Czopek • June 2, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 30, 2020 a tweet
During protests outside the White House, Mayor Muriel Bowser "wouldn't let the D.C. Police get involved."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • June 1, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 22, 2020 an interview on The Breakfast Club radio show
“The NAACP has endorsed me every time I've run.”
False
By Amy Sherman • June 1, 2020
Lovely Warren
Lovely Warren
stated on April 8, 2020 a press conference
Racial comparisons on coronavirus statistics in Monroe County, N.Y., show that the impact on minorities is “basically on par, a little bit up, from the population numbers,” meaning that “we don’t see that disparity as much here.”
Half-True
By Michael Hogan, Sean Mickey • April 23, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 14, 2018 posts on the Internet
A post comparing two construction workers — “Joe legal” and “Jose illegal” — says “Jose” pays no taxes yet gets free medical care, food stamps, welfare, and 'head of the class' priority for his children in applying for college.
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 9, 2020 a Facebook post
“Starbucks CEO Has Admitted She Doesnt Like White People”
False
By Madison Czopek • February 20, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 8, 2019 an interview with Axios
Delaware has the "eighth-largest black population in the country"
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 16, 2019
Committee to Defend the President
Committee to Defend the President
stated on November 8, 2019 a Facebook ad
Says Obama said black people have the "worst jobs, the worst housing" and face rampant police brutality, "but when so-called black committeemen came around election time we’d all line up and vote the straight Democratic ticket, sell our souls for a Christmas turkey."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • November 12, 2019
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
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 20, 2019 a speech
Says President Donald Trump hasn’t condemned David Duke and Richard Spencer.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 27, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on August 5, 2019 a Medium post
"The Trump Administration cut funding allocated to the Department of Homeland Security to combat white nationalism."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 9, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 10, 2019 an op-ed in the Washington Post
"42 percent of (Walmart’s) associates are black."
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 12, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 27, 2019 a democratic debate in Miami
"I did not oppose busing in America. What I opposed is busing ordered by the Department of Education."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 28, 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."
Mostly True
By Garrett Spikes, Rebecca Jerome • May 16, 2019
Mac Heller
Mac Heller
stated on April 7, 2019 an interview on CNN
"The 2008 election was the first election in which voters of color comprised over 25 percent of the electorate, and that number is going up."
True
By Amy Sherman • April 23, 2019
Shelia Stubbs
Shelia Stubbs
stated on March 12, 2019 a public forum
"Wisconsin (has) the highest infant mortality rate for black babies nationwide."
True
By D.L. Davis • April 16, 2019
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on March 27, 2019 a CNN town hall in South Carolina
Says President Donald Trump "cut funding from the Justice Department to investigate these domestic terrorist groups, these white supremacist groups."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 11, 2019
Candace Owens
Candace Owens
stated on April 9, 2019 a House Judiciary Committee hearing
The Southern strategy is a "myth" that "never happened."  
False
By Amy Sherman • April 10, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 5, 2019 posts on the Internet
"Right here (in West Virginia), they are building new houses … so that 321 Syrian Muslims can move down into this neighborhood in two months. … (A funeral home) is to be torn down in two months, and a mosque is going to built there."
Pants on Fire!
By Liz Newton, Mary Alice Truitt, Patrick Orsagos • March 27, 2019
Tommie Pierson Jr.
Tommie Pierson Jr.
stated on February 18, 2019 a Missouri Legislative Black Caucus press conference
Says "zero" African Americans have presented to the House Budget Committee in 2019.
True
By Sidney Steele • March 26, 2019
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