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Facebook posts
stated on July 14, 2018 posts on the Internet:

A post comparing two construction workers — “Joe legal” and “Jose illegal” — says “Jose” pays no taxes yet gets free medical care, food stamps, welfare, and 'head of the class' priority for his children in applying for college.

By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on February 9, 2020 a Facebook post:

“Starbucks CEO Has Admitted She Doesnt Like White People”

By Madison Czopek • February 20, 2020

Bernie Sanders
stated on July 10, 2019 an op-ed in the Washington Post:

"42 percent of (Walmart’s) associates are black."

By Jon Greenberg • July 12, 2019

Candace Owens
stated on April 9, 2019 a House Judiciary Committee hearing:

The Southern strategy is a "myth" that "never happened."

By Amy Sherman • April 10, 2019

Amy Klobuchar
stated on March 17, 2019 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

During her tenure as county attorney in Minnesota, "there was a 65 percent decrease in incarceration of African-Americans."

By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2019

Robert McKinzie
stated on February 19, 2019 a Fort Lauderdale City Commission meeting:

The word picnic is a "racially insensitive word."

By Amy Sherman • February 21, 2019

AmericanNews.com
stated on October 12, 2014 a headline:

"Oprah tells Fox News host ‘all white people have to die.’"

By Amy Sherman • January 16, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on December 8, 2017 a rally in Pensacola, Fla.:

"Black homeownership just hit the highest level it has ever been in the history of our country."

By Louis Jacobson • December 11, 2017

Viral image
stated on August 22, 2017 social media feeds:

"At the PEAK of slavery in 1860, only 1.4% of Americans owned slaves. What your history books (don't) tell you is that 3,000 blacks owned a total of 20,000 slaves the same year."

By Louis Jacobson • August 24, 2017

Bloggers
stated on March 9, 2015 a post shared on Facebook:

Government orders South African firm "to lay off 3,389 white employees."

By Jon Greenberg • April 2, 2017

John Eichelberger
stated on February 13, 2017:

Inner-city students "fall back and don’t succeed, whereas if there was a less intensive track, they would."

By Cassie Owens • February 27, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on September 19, 2016 an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly:

"I never said" that Muslims would be subject to profiling under his policies.

By Louis Jacobson • September 21, 2016

Reince Priebus
stated on July 17, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press":

"What the facts say" is ... "the best scenario for kids is a loving mom and dad."

By Lauren Carroll • July 17, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 15, 2016 an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity:

Even among "second and third generation" Muslims in the United States, "there's no real assimilation."

By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 6, 2016 a Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.:

"When you're white ... you don't know what it's like to be poor."

By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 18, 2016 an MSNBC-Telemundo town hall:

"You are three times more likely to be able to get a mortgage if you're a white applicant than if you're black or Hispanic, even if you have the same credentials."

By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2016

Brian Fallon
stated on February 9, 2016 a MSNBC interview:

Nevada is "still a state that is 80 percent white voters."

By Riley Snyder • February 17, 2016

Arsalan Iftikhar
stated on November 22, 2015 a roundtable discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"59 percent of Americans today believe that Barack Obama is still a Muslim."

By Louis Jacobson • November 23, 2015

Bloggers
stated on June 25, 2015 posts on the Internet:

"Lincoln was fervently making plans to send all freed slaves to the jungles of Central America once the (Civil War) was over. … The only thing that kept this from happening was his assassination."

By Louis Jacobson • June 26, 2015

Erick Erickson
stated on March 31, 2015 a RedState.com column:

Say Apple’s Tim Cook "will not do business with Indiana."

By Katie Sanders • April 2, 2015

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