Fact Check Posts – Page 6

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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