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Latest Fact-Checks In Race and Ethnicity

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 6, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Derek Chauvin had his left hand in his pocket while kneeling on George Floyd.
False
By Bill McCarthy • April 19, 2021
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on April 6, 2021 in a debate.:
“I restored felons’ rights - 173,000 - more than any governor in the history of America.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • April 19, 2021
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on April 6, 2021 in an interview with The Grio:
“There is racism physically built into some of our highways.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 13, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“McDonald’s and Coke have both announced no whites will be hired in top positions.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 13, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Minority farmers get big bonus, white ones get none,” because of Democrats.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 30, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 24, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Toxicology report was made public by the MN prosecution revealing the cause of George Floyd’s death was a fentanyl overdose.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • March 30, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 24, 2021 in a Facebook post:
A CNN chyron said the Boulder “shooter was factually Arabic, but morally white.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • March 25, 2021
X posts
X posts
stated on March 16, 2021 in in a tweet:
“Black Lives Matter of Atlanta Charged with Wire Fraud, Money Laundering and Allegedly Using almost 500k in Donations For Personal Use.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • March 19, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 1, 2021 in remarks with Mexico's president:
"The fastest-growing population in the United States is Hispanic."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 25, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden said a racial slur.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 26, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 24, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden tweeted, “the way white people talk leaving minorities confused.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 24, 2021
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on February 22, 2021 in a TV segment:
"There's no evidence that white supremacists were responsible for what happened on Jan. 6. That's a lie.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • February 23, 2021
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on February 9, 2021 in 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
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 9, 2021 in a tweet:
Said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her allies “blocked a resolution condemning anti-Semitism — which I passed unanimously in the Senate.”
Mostly False
By Landon Allison, Julia Schneider • February 18, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 7, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Cracker Barrel’s name has racist origins and its logo depicts a whip.
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 9, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 12, 2021 in an Instagram post:
Says Joe Biden stayed silent about violence at Black Lives Matter protests.
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 16, 2021
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on November 24, 2020 in an Interview with the Southeast Missourian:
“The president got the highest percentage of minority votes of any Republican candidate for president in over 100 years."
False
By Simone Esters • December 8, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 6, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“The NAACP has received credible information that some of the white nationalist groups … will be looking to snatch black men and boys and hang them, shoot them, torture them and kill them.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 7, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 1, 2020 in a tweet:
“Joe Biden called Black youth super predators.”
False
By Miriam Valverde • November 1, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2020 in the final 2020 presidential debate:
“President Obama would never give them long-term funding, and I did … I saved historically Black colleges and universities.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • October 27, 2020
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