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Amy Klobuchar
stated on March 17, 2019 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

During her tenure as county attorney in Minnesota, "there was a 65 percent decrease in incarceration of African-Americans."

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on February 22, 2019 a Facebook post:

"In 1963 Bernie Sanders was arrested for throwing eggs at black civil rights protestors."

Pants on Fire!

By Amy Sherman • February 25, 2019

Robert McKinzie
stated on February 19, 2019 a Fort Lauderdale City Commission meeting:

The word picnic is a "racially insensitive word."

False

By Amy Sherman • February 21, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2018 a rally in Wheeling, W.Va.:

"Household income among Hispanic Americans has just set a new record high."

True

By Matt Minard • November 1, 2018

Michael Schirling
stated on October 2, 2018 Schirling to Boston.com Oct. 2, responding to an SNL skit:

"We invite SNL viewers to Vermont to see all that we have to offer, including our increasingly diverse communities... The leaves are changing and so is Vermont."

Half-True

By Anne Wallace Allen • October 31, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2018 a rally in Wheeling, W.Va.:

"The poverty rates for African Americans and Hispanic Americans -- it’s been incredible, they’ve all reached their lowest levels in the history of our country."

True

By Patrick Orsagos • October 23, 2018

Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 26, 2018 a public forum:

"President Trump continues to disrespect patriotic transgender Americans who want to serve their country."

Mostly True

By D.L. Davis • August 20, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on August 10, 2018 a tweet:

"Most of that money (made by the NFL) goes to the players."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • August 13, 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."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • May 31, 2018

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

Tina Smith
stated on April 10, 2018 a tweet:

"On average, American women only earn 80 cents for every dollar a man earns for doing the same job."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • April 13, 2018

International News Trends
stated on March 23, 2018 headline:

Congressional Black Caucus introduces bill to "tax people for being white."

Pants on Fire!

By Amy Sherman • April 11, 2018

Bloggers
stated on February 2, 2018 a headline:

"First NFL team declares bankruptcy over kneeling thugs."

Pants on Fire!

By Amy Sherman • February 7, 2018

Ron Johnson
stated on January 12, 2018 an interview:

About 1.1 million people legally enter the U.S. each year as permanent residents -- "65 percent of that is some kind of chain migration; 22 percent is diversity lottery, ‘asyling,’ refugees; only about 14, 15 percent has anything to do with work."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • February 2, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 28, 2018 a tweet:

"Because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!"

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018

Cory Booker
stated on January 16, 2018 an interview on CNN:

"In American history since 9/11, we've had 85 major attacks in our country, 73 percent of them have been by white nationalist hate groups."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • January 18, 2018

AmericanNews.com
stated on October 12, 2014 a headline:

"Oprah tells Fox News host ‘all white people have to die.’"

False

By Amy Sherman • January 16, 2018

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."

Mostly True

By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • December 25, 2017

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

Donald Trump
stated on December 8, 2017 a rally in Pensacola, Fla.:

"Black homeownership just hit the highest level it has ever been in the history of our country."

False

By Louis Jacobson • December 11, 2017

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