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.”
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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
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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.”
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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
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.”
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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."
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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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