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Latest Fact-Checks In Civil Rights

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 16, 2015 an interview on MSNBC
The New York Police Department used to have "surveillance going on in and around mosques in New York City. ... Our mayor totally cut that out."
Half-True
By Clayton Youngman • November 20, 2015
Constitutional Rights PAC
Constitutional Rights PAC
stated on October 14, 2015 a news release
Paul Ryan "is one of only six House Republicans who voted for Teddy Kennedy's bill to force Christian employers to hire LGBT employees."
False
October 28, 2015
Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
stated on September 27, 2015 a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says "Bernie Sanders was there when it came to (same-sex) marriage 20 years ago. ... He was there when it wasn't popular."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • September 29, 2015
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on August 26, 2015 comments to reporters
Says Scott Walker "brags a lot about having an independent agency investigate police shootings. Of course, he didn’t fund it."
Mostly False
September 1, 2015
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 3, 2015 an interview
Says Scott Walker's views on abortion are more restrictive "than any Republican president in recent times."
True
July 16, 2015
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on June 26, 2015 a statement
"In a majority of states, you can now marry freely, but can still be fired for who you love."
Mostly True
By Sarah Hauer • July 9, 2015
Juan Williams
Juan Williams
stated on June 22, 2015 a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News
Polls indicate that "white people think that black people are less intelligent. They think they’re less trustworthy, less patriotic."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • June 29, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 23, 2015 a speech in Florissant, Mo.
American schools are "more segregated than they were in the 1960s."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • June 25, 2015
Michael Skolnik
Michael Skolnik
stated on June 16, 2015 comments on CNN
"For most black people in the history of this country … it was illegal to pass as a white person. You were actually put in jail if you tried to pass."
Half-True
By Anna Bruzgulis • June 18, 2015
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on May 20, 2015 a radio interview
"Twenty-five percent of people in the country have said they changed their email and phone habits because of" the collection of data allowed by the Patriot Act.
Half-True
By Sarah Hauer • June 15, 2015
Hillary Davis
Hillary Davis
stated on May 6, 2015 a hearing at the General Assembly
"The profit [from automated traffic enforcement cameras] is going to the private corporations, not to the city or state."  
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 14, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 a speech
Says Scott Walker "cut back early voting and signed legislation that would make it harder for college students to vote."
Mostly True
June 9, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 a speech
"Former Gov. Rick Perry signed a law that a federal court said was actually written with the purpose of discriminating against minority voters."
Mostly True
By Keely Herring, Linda Qiu • June 9, 2015
Jason Rae
Jason Rae
stated on April 21, 2015 an interview
Wisconsin's non-discrimination law "doesn't protect members of the trans-gender community."  
True
May 8, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 1, 2015 an interview
Says Bill Clinton signed a law "very similar to," and Barack Obama voted for a law "something like," Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act.    
Half-True
April 13, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on March 30, 2015 an interview with Hugh Hewitt
"Florida has a law like (Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act)."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • March 31, 2015
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on March 29, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"
Says Barack Obama voted for the "very same language" of Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act when he was in the Illinois state Senate. Sexual orientation "doesn't have anything to do with this law."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • March 29, 2015
Lena Taylor
Lena Taylor
stated on March 12, 2015 a news release
Polling shows that nearly 74 percent of National Rifle Association members "support requiring background checks for all gun sales."
True
March 18, 2015
Young, Gifted and Black Coalition
Young, Gifted and Black Coalition
stated on January 9, 2015 an open letter
"Black people are eight times more likely to be arrested than white people" in Madison.
Half-True
March 9, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 31, 2014 a meme circulated on Facebook
Milwaukee "incarcerates 1.2% of white men" and has "incarcerated over 50% of black men in their 30s."
Half-True
January 15, 2015
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