Fact Check Posts – Page 15

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 6, 2016 a Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.

"When you're white ... you don't know what it's like to be poor."

By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2016

Stephanie Schriock
stated on February 1, 2016 as quoted by the Texas Tribune

"Texas is home to millions of Latinas, but the state has never elected a Latina to Congress."

By Emma Hinchliffe • February 29, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 18, 2016 an MSNBC-Telemundo town hall

"You are three times more likely to be able to get a mortgage if you're a white applicant than if you're black or Hispanic, even if you have the same credentials."

By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2016

Brian Fallon
stated on February 9, 2016 a MSNBC interview

Nevada is "still a state that is 80 percent white voters."

By Riley Snyder • February 17, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 11, 2016 comments during the PBS Democratic debate

"The African-American community lost half of their wealth as a result of the Wall Street collapse."

By Linda Qiu • February 12, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on January 24, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press."

Says his views on reparations for slavery are the same as Barack Obama's and Hillary Clinton's.

By Linda Qiu • January 26, 2016

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stated on December 26, 2015 a Facebook post

Says U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho said "African Americans should only be given three-fifths of a vote."

By Joshua Gillin • December 30, 2015

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on December 9, 2015 an interview on CNN

Says Marco Rubio said "we should be considering internment" of Muslims, and "maybe we should close down cafes and diners where Muslims gather and in fact compared them to the Nazi party."

By Amy Sherman • December 10, 2015

Arsalan Iftikhar
stated on November 22, 2015 a roundtable discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press"

"59 percent of Americans today believe that Barack Obama is still a Muslim."

By Louis Jacobson • November 23, 2015

Peter Kinder
stated on November 12, 2015 in comments on Breitbart

"This incident of supposed feces depicting a swastika on the wall of a bathrooms in one of the halls ... has been supported by zero fact."

By Allison Graves, Katherine Knott • November 22, 2015

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stated on November 16, 2015 posts on the Internet

In Japan, "permanent residency is not given to Muslims," the "propagation of Islam" is banned, "one cannot import a Koran published in the Arabic language," and "Muslims cannot even rent a house."

By Louis Jacobson • November 17, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on November 6, 2015 a Democratic presidential candidates' forum in Rock Hill, S.C.

"Over half of the black workers in this country earn less" than $15 an hour.

By Louis Jacobson • November 12, 2015

Emanuel Cleaver
stated on August 11, 2015 on 'Up to Date'

Two years ago motorists in Ferguson, a city of 20,000 people, "received 31,000 citations. That's at least one citation per person plus 10,000 for visitors. The city is still surviving only on traffic tickets; there's virtually no industry there."

By Sean Nelson • October 22, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on October 13, 2015 a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas

"African-American youth unemployment is 51 percent. Hispanic youth unemployment is 36 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • October 14, 2015

Butch Conway
stated on September 16, 2015 press conference

The racial and ethnic makeup of the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office mirrors the community it serves.

By Nancy Badertscher • September 29, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on August 12, 2015 web site

"African Americans are twice as likely to be arrested and almost four times as likely to experience the use of force during encounters with the police."

By Mark Reynolds • August 30, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 31, 2015 a speech to the National Urban League in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

"African-American children are 500 percent more likely to die from asthma than white kids."

August 11, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on July 27, 2015 a Telemundo News interview

Says in 2002, he "won more Hispanic votes than Anglo votes, 60 percent in the state."

By Joshua Gillin • July 31, 2015

Bloggers
stated on July 10, 2015 a headline on the website NewsExaminer

"Christian Pastor in Vermont Sentenced to One Year in Prison After Refusing to Marry Gay Couple"

By Keely Herring • July 16, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on July 6, 2015 a rally in Portland, Maine

For African-Americans between the ages of 17 and 20, "the real unemployment rate … is 51 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2015

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