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Latest Fact-Checks In Race and Ethnicity

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Peggy Hubbard
Peggy Hubbard
stated on September 21, 2020 a Facebook post:
“BLM Activist kills three people in a Louisville bar wearing a Breonna Taylor tee shirt last Friday.”
Mostly False
By Monique Curet • September 30, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 23, 2020 a series of images:
A U-Haul operated by antifa activists distributed “shields, weapons & black bloc” to protesters in Louisville, Ky., and is linked to “a George Soros-funded initiative.”
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke • September 24, 2020
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on September 22, 2020 a TV interview:
“Only one” Black-owned restaurant in Michigan received a loan through the Paycheck Protection Program
Mostly False
By Clara Hendrickson • September 24, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 1, 2020 a Facebook post:
“So far, out of 175 arrested in Kenosha, 102 were not from Kenosha. Rioting has become its own industry.”
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • September 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 11, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Houston Texans coming out for the Black National Anthem then going into the locker room for THE REAL NATIONAL ANTHEM is DISGRACEFUL.”
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 15, 2020
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on August 10, 2020 a public forum:
GOP-backed "racist disenfrachisement" led to only five polling places being open in Milwaukee for April 7 election.
Mostly False
By Lawrence Andrea • August 14, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on June 6, 2020 a post on Facebook:
Quotes LeBron James as saying, “I don’t want nothing to do with white people. I don’t believe they want anything to do with me. I don’t want no (white) friends. It’s me and my boys.”
Mostly False
By Patrick Orsagos • July 9, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 17, 2020 an Instagram post:
A bar graph compares homicides for various racial groups
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke • June 23, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 15, 2020 a blog post:
“Speaker Pelosi presents a special ‘service flag’ to Mr. Floyd’s family.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • June 18, 2020
Larry Elder
Larry Elder
stated on June 2, 2020 a Fox News appearance:
"Last year, there were nine unarmed black people killed (by law enforcement). Nineteen unarmed white people.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • June 5, 2020
Kayleigh McEnany
Kayleigh McEnany
stated on June 3, 2020 a White House press briefing:
“No tear gas was used and no rubber bullets were used.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • June 4, 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
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
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
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
Donald Trump
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
Tina Smith
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
Andrew Koenig
Andrew Koenig
stated on August 18, 2017 a tweet:
"It's time to remove any statue of Margaret Sanger who was a white suprematist (sic), spoke at kkk events & supported by democrats. #prolife"
Mostly False
By Allie Pecorin, Katie Parkins • October 5, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on September 5, 2017 remarks at the Justice Department:
Says President Barack Obama’s policy known as DACA "contributed to a surge of minors at the southern border."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2017
Joy Reid
Joy Reid
stated on August 13, 2017 on NBC’s Meet The Press:
"The idea of putting up (Confederate) monuments actually didn’t happen right after the Civil War. It happened during the 1960s."
Mostly False
By John Kruzel • August 15, 2017
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