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Latest Fact-Checks In Civil Rights

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Iowa GOP state legislators
Iowa GOP state legislators
stated on February 2, 2021 comments to the press:
Tenured professors are guaranteed a job.
Mostly False
By Sarah Watson • March 15, 2021
National Association for Gun Rights
National Association for Gun Rights
stated on March 1, 2021 a Facebook post:
"Marco Rubio's 'red flag' gun confiscation bill" calls for guns to be confiscated "without due process, based on unsubstantiated accusations."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • March 4, 2021
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on February 9, 2021 a statement:
“There is a direct connection between discriminatory policies within the USDA and the enormous land loss we have seen among Black farmers over the past century."
True
By Miriam Valverde • February 22, 2021
Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock
stated on December 6, 2020 a debate:
Says Kelly Loeffler “welcomed the support of a QAnon conspiracy theorist, and she sat down with a white supremacist for an interview.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • December 9, 2020
Jim Oberweis
Jim Oberweis
stated on September 18, 2020 an ad:
Says U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood described riots as “beautiful protests.”
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 11, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 25, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says Kamala Harris said there will be “a federal tax on your home for reparations.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 7, 2020
William Barr
William Barr
stated on September 16, 2020 a speech at a Hillsdale College event:
“Putting a national lockdown, stay-at-home orders, is like house arrest. Other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history."
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 22, 2020
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on August 24, 2020 an ad:
Says Lucy McBath "is supporting those who attack the police."
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 14, 2020
Viral image
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.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • August 28, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 16, 2020 a Wall Street Journal op-ed:
“For the past three years, the state senator who represents Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco, has led a push to abolish single-family zoning in California.”
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • August 17, 2020
Nancy Mace
Nancy Mace
stated on August 11, 2020 a tweet:
Says Kamala Harris “advocated for restoring voting rights for the Boston bomber.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • August 14, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 25, 2020 a Facebook post:
Black Lives Matter "injures 1000 police officers kills 36 people and does $8 billion in damage."
False
By Tom Kertscher • August 7, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 5, 2020 a Facebook post:
Photo shows Bill Clinton among others not wearing a mask at John Lewis’ funeral.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 7, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 26, 2020 a Facebook post:
"Black Lives Matter is a terrorist organization."
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 30, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on July 20, 2020 a viral image:
Says Barack Obama "signed the law authorizing federal agents to snatch protesters off the streets” in Portland, Ore.
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 22, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 18, 2020 an image:
“Since Trump labeled ANTIFA a terrorist organization their rights were stripped by the Patriot Act which states if someone is labeled a terrorist they are not afforded due process.”
False
By Daniel Funke • July 21, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on July 17, 2020 a viral image:
Nine “antifa members arrested” in Portland, Ore.
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 21, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 29, 2020 a Facebook post:
Black Lives Matter demonstrators attack “elderly man wearing oxygen.”
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • July 7, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on June 29, 2020 a viral image:
Lawyer-couple who pointed guns at protesters are Black Lives Matter backers, Democrats and represent a police brutality victim.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • July 1, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on June 23, 2020 a viral image:
If you are licensed to carry a concealed weapon, wearing a face covering for coronavirus "removes your conceal carry ability."
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 29, 2020
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