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Race and Ethnicity

Scorecard

true
0% 39 Checks
mostly true
0% 44 Checks
half true
0% 43 Checks
mostly false
0% 52 Checks
false
0% 131 Checks
Pants on Fire
0% 56 Checks
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All Fact-checks for Race and Ethnicity

Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
The Digital Equity Act is a handout "based on race,” and “illegal.”
False
By Amy Sherman • May 13, 2025
Ian Miles Cheong
Ian Miles Cheong
stated on March 19, 2025 in an X post:
Netflix show “Adolescence” is based on Southport, England, knife attacker but the show “race swapped the actual killer from a black man/migrant to a white boy.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • March 21, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 12, 2025 in a post:
Michael Jordan said that “any athlete who kneels for our national anthem should lose their medal.”
False
By Claire Cranford • February 19, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 29, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Kamala Harris paid The Shade Room to interview her “for perceived support amongst black voters.”
False
By Sofia Ahmed • October 30, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 21, 2024 in Instagram posts:
Jussie Smollett is Kamala Harris’ nephew.
False
By Sofia Ahmed • October 23, 2024
Byron Donalds
Byron Donalds
stated on October 13, 2024 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
“Wages adjusted for inflation were massively up under Donald Trump for Black men. … The (Black-white) wage gap in 2019 was actually shrinking under Donald Trump's administration.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 15, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on September 24, 2024 in social media posts:
Vice President Kamala Harris responded, “Next question please,” when asked about the economy during an Aug. 29 CNN interview.
Pants on Fire!
By Sofia Ahmed • September 27, 2024
Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk
stated on August 6, 2024 in a Threads post:
“During Covid, Tim Walz rationed access to monoclonal antibody treatments based on skin color.”
Mostly False
By Jeff Cercone • August 14, 2024
Laura Loomer
Laura Loomer
stated on July 31, 2024 in an X post:
“Nowhere on her birth certificate does it say that she is BLACK OR AFRICAN. … Kamala Harris is NOT black and never has been.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • August 6, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 31, 2024 in an NABJ conference appearance:
Kamala Harris was “Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden, she made a turn and she went, she became a Black person.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • July 31, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 24, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Chiefs' Coach Andy Reid "fires 3 top players for anthem kneeling."
False
By Mia Penner • July 1, 2024
David Crowley
David Crowley
stated on May 16, 2024 in Public appearance:
“Under (the Biden) administration we have witnessed the fastest growth of Black-owned small businesses in more than 30 years.”
True
By Vanessa Swales • June 28, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 15, 2024 in remarks in Detroit:
The Trump administration “achieved the lowest African American unemployment rate and the lowest African American poverty rate ever recorded.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 20, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 2, 2024 in an X post:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called voter ID “racist,” calls NRA a “terrorist organization” and supports affirmative action.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 14, 2024
Libs of TikTok
Libs of TikTok
stated on March 28, 2024 in a post on X:
“Nothing to see here… just the Mayor of Baltimore threatening White people.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 1, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on March 14, 2024 in an interview with Fox News:
Says “100% of net job creation under the Biden administration has gone to the foreign-born.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 27, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 9, 2024 in a rally in Rome, Georgia:
"In February alone, nearly 1 million jobs held by native-born Americans disappeared."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 22, 2024 in a video:
Johnnie Cochran “mysteriously passed away” and his death is linked to his work on slavery reparations.
Pants on Fire!
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • February 23, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 13, 2024 in a campaign ad:
Under Joe Biden, there are “record numbers of new Black entrepreneurs.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2024
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on February 4, 2024 in a roundtable on ABC's "This Week":
Under President Joe Biden, “Black unemployment is the lowest in American history.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2024
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Latest promises about Race and Ethnicity

Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Revoke federal initiatives on diversity, equity and inclusion
Trump adds federal contractors onto his DEI ban list | April 2, 2026
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Reduce health uninsured rate for African Americans
Black uninsured rate continues to fall under Biden | January 8, 2025
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Create a public credit reporting agency
Biden fails to launch a new public credit reporting agency | December 9, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Use a national commission to address policing issues
Joe Biden compromises on promise to create commission to address policing issues | December 9, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Eliminate cash bail
Joe Biden didn’t act to advance campaign promise on eliminating cash bail | December 6, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
End pay discrimination
Pay antidiscrimination legislation fails, and gender wage gap persists | December 5, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Increase access to affordable housing
Joe Biden made investments to expand affordable housing, but congressional gridlock limited efforts | December 3, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Invest $300 million in COPS program
Biden delivered more than double his $300 million pledge for COPS program | June 18, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Make HBCUs, TCUs, and under-resourced MSIs more affordable for their students
Biden makes progress on HBCU promise following historic funding increases | March 5, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Support the study of reparations for slavery
Biden promised to support a study on reparations, but has not called for one | February 22, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Expand Justice Department power to address police misconduct
Biden keeps promise on Justice Department police investigations, including Minneapolis probe | June 16, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Nominate the first Black woman to U.S. Supreme Court
Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court | April 7, 2022
Latest promises about Race and Ethnicity