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Latest Fact-Checks In Race and Ethnicity

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 18, 2023 a post:
Black Americans are not descended from people who were taken from Africa to be enslaved.
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • January 31, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 4, 2022 a post:
Says Hitler said Black people are the “true Hebrews.”
False
By Gabrielle Settles • December 6, 2022
Kanye West
Kanye West
stated on December 1, 2022 an interview:
Hitler “didn’t kill 6 million Jews” and “the Holocaust is not what happened.”
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • December 5, 2022
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on November 29, 2022 remarks to reporters outside the White House:
"I think President Trump came out four times and condemned” Nick Fuentes.
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2022
America First Legal
America First Legal
stated on November 1, 2022 an ad:
“Kamala Harris said disaster aid should go to non-white citizens first."
False
By Tom Kertscher • November 5, 2022
Kanye West
Kanye West
stated on October 16, 2022 an interview:
Suggests fentanyl, not Derek Chauvin, killed George Floyd
False
By Gabrielle Settles • October 18, 2022
Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock
stated on October 14, 2022 a debate:
“Black women are 3 to 4 times more likely to die (from maternal mortality) even when they have the insurance and the income.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 28, 2022 a Facebook post:
"The true meaning of Hurricane," or Her-ricane, is the spirit of "the African woman who has been stolen."
False
By Yacob Reyes • September 29, 2022
American Leadership Action
American Leadership Action
stated on September 1, 2022 an ad:
As a mayor, "John Fetterman chased down an innocent, unarmed Black man," wielded a shotgun and "falsely accused the man, triggering a confrontation with police."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • September 12, 2022
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on September 4, 2022 an interview:
“Tim Ryan called police the new Jim Crow.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2022
The Gateway Pundit
The Gateway Pundit
stated on September 1, 2022 in an article:
Bank of America “announced a new mortgage home loan program for first-time homebuyers. But only blacks and Hispanics will be eligible.”
False
By Gabrielle Settles • September 6, 2022
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on August 24, 2022 a campaign ad:
Charlie Crist "supported Biden's agenda to defund the police."
False
By Yacob Reyes • August 26, 2022
Viral image
Viral image
stated on July 21, 2022 an Instagram post:
George Floyd and COVID-19 “never existed.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 22, 2022
Viral image
Viral image
stated on July 21, 2022 an Instagram post:
The New York Times reported on a conservative activist’s “superdiarrhea.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 22, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 31, 2017 a video interview:
"ADHD does not exist."
False
By Ellie Borst • July 13, 2022
Candace Owens
Candace Owens
stated on May 3, 2022 a tweet:
“79% of Planned Parenthood clinics are in minority neighborhoods. This is not by accident. That is by its founder, Margaret Sanger's, eugenicist design."
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • May 18, 2022
USA Freedom Fund
USA Freedom Fund
stated on May 11, 2022 an attack ad:
“Kathy Barnette wants to build a statue of Barack Obama right next to the one of Abraham Lincoln on Capitol Hill."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 13, 2022
Aaron Lieberman
Aaron Lieberman
stated on April 28, 2022 an ad:
"Kari Lake has been appearing at rallies with neo-Nazis," while "two federal juries have found" Katie Hobbs "guilty of racial discrimination."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • May 12, 2022
Dennis Prager
Dennis Prager
stated on April 26, 2022 a radio show segment:
When there is “a noose on a college dorm of a Black student” or a racial slur “on a dormitory building, the odds are overwhelming that a Black student actually did that."
False
By Bill McCarthy • May 6, 2022
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on April 26, 2022 an attack ad:
Says J.D. Vance said, “People who voted for Trump voted for him for racist reasons.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 28, 2022
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