Fact Check Posts – Page 4

X posts
stated on April 7, 2022 a tweet

Sen. Marsha Blackburn made a white power symbol at Ketanji Brown Jackson.

April 13, 2022

Occupy Democrats
stated on April 5, 2022 a Facebook post

Josh Mandel doctored an image in a campaign ad but "forgot to Photoshop the hands that clearly show he put his face on the body of a Black soldier."

By Bill McCarthy • April 7, 2022

Marsha Blackburn
stated on March 22, 2022 an interview

Ketanji Brown Jackson "gave a lecture talking about critical race theory as one of the components to consider when you are making decisions on the bench."

March 22, 2022

Jamaal Bowman
stated on January 26, 2022 a tweet

“More white legacy students get admitted to top universities than Black & Latinx students admitted through affirmative action.”

By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento • March 7, 2022

X posts
stated on February 6, 2022 a tweet

Turning Point USA is a white nationalist organization.

By Caleb McCullough • February 16, 2022

Gary Chambers Jr.
stated on February 9, 2022 a campaign video

"One in 13 Black Americans are deprived of the right to vote."

By Amy Sherman • February 15, 2022

Viral image
stated on February 8, 2022 an Instagram post

Kendall Jenner edited a photo to look like she was holding a “Black Lives Matter” sign.

February 10, 2022

Whoopi Goldberg
stated on January 31, 2022 a TV segment

"The Holocaust isn't about race. No, it's not about race."

By Bill McCarthy • February 1, 2022

Sean Hannity
stated on January 27, 2022 a radio show segment

“There's never been a president (before Joe Biden) that has made race and gender the defining factor” for a Supreme Court nomination.

By Bill McCarthy • January 28, 2022

Joe Biden
stated on January 11, 2022 a speech in Atlanta

As a youth, “I got arrested” protesting for civil rights.

By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on November 25, 2018 a post

Black Friday originated in 1904 when enslaved people were sold at a discount to boost the economy.

By Monique Curet • December 1, 2021

Viral image
stated on November 29, 2021 a Facebook post

Says a Vox headline said, “teaching children the Bunny Ear method for tying their shoes” is racist.

November 30, 2021

Viral image
stated on November 15, 2021 a Facebook post

Timothy Simpkins, a Black teen shooter, got 1 day in jail and $75,000 bail, while Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teen, got 2 months in jail and $2 million bail. “I think it’s pretty evident ... that white privilege is a myth.”

November 17, 2021

Rick Scott
stated on November 8, 2021 in a CNN interview

"In 2015, when Terry McAuliffe was governor, the Virginia Department of Education promoted incorporating critical race theory lens in education...They were trying to indoctrinate kids.”

By Gabrielle Settles • November 16, 2021

Instagram posts
stated on November 3, 2021 an Instagram post

"Arizona Department of Education gives green light on face mask and vaccine mandates, as well as implementing Critical (Race) Theory.”

November 10, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on October 13, 2021 a Facebook post

"Tennessee new law passed 48 hours ago now makes it illegal to teach Black history in the grades K-12."

October 19, 2021

Rick Scott
stated on October 5, 2021 a tweet

"Joe Biden’s attorney general wants the FBI to go after parents for speaking out at school board meetings to protect kids from radical curriculum like critical race theory."

By Jon Greenberg • October 11, 2021

Viral image
stated on October 4, 2021 an Instagram post

President Joe Biden cut “$30 billion to Black colleges and universities.”

October 7, 2021

FreedomWorks
stated on September 28, 2021 a Facebook post

“The Democrats want you American taxpayers to shell out $3 billion for ‘non-racist’ trees.”

September 29, 2021

Viral image
stated on September 18, 2021 a Facebook post

“The NAACP wants” the Confederate Memorial Carving “sandblasted off Stone Mountain.”

September 27, 2021

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