Latest Fact-checks in Race and Ethnicity Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Candace Owens stated on April 9, 2019 in a House Judiciary Committee hearing: The Southern strategy is a "myth" that "never happened." Facebook posts stated on March 5, 2019 in posts on the Internet: "Right here (in West Virginia), they are building new houses … so that 321 Syrian Muslims can move down into this neighborhood in two months. … (A funeral home) is to be torn down in two months, and a mosque is going to built there." Tommie Pierson Jr. stated on February 18, 2019 in a Missouri Legislative Black Caucus press conference: Says "zero" African Americans have presented to the House Budget Committee in 2019. Amy Klobuchar stated on March 17, 2019 in 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." Facebook posts stated on February 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: "In 1963 Bernie Sanders was arrested for throwing eggs at black civil rights protestors." Robert McKinzie stated on February 19, 2019 in a Fort Lauderdale City Commission meeting: The word picnic is a "racially insensitive word." Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2018 in a rally in Wheeling, W.Va.: "Household income among Hispanic Americans has just set a new record high." Michael Schirling stated on October 2, 2018 in Schirling to Boston.com Oct. 2, responding to an SNL skit: "We invite SNL viewers to Vermont to see all that we have to offer, including our increasingly diverse communities... The leaves are changing and so is Vermont." Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2018 in a rally in Wheeling, W.Va.: "The poverty rates for African Americans and Hispanic Americans -- it’s been incredible, they’ve all reached their lowest levels in the history of our country." Tammy Baldwin stated on June 26, 2018 in a public forum: "President Trump continues to disrespect patriotic transgender Americans who want to serve their country." Donald Trump stated on August 10, 2018 in a tweet: "Most of that money (made by the NFL) goes to the players." Greg Casar stated on May 8, 2018 in an Austin American-Statesman news story: Says Austin has "been ranked repeatedly as one of the most, if not the most, economically segregated cities in the country." Donald Trump stated on April 26, 2018 in an interview on "Fox & Friends": "Kanye (West) looks and he sees black unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees Hispanic unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees (women’s unemployment) the lowest it’s been in now almost 19 years." Tina Smith stated on April 10, 2018 in a tweet: "On average, American women only earn 80 cents for every dollar a man earns for doing the same job." International News Trends stated on March 23, 2018 in headline: Congressional Black Caucus introduces bill to "tax people for being white." Bloggers stated on February 2, 2018 in a headline: "First NFL team declares bankruptcy over kneeling thugs." Ron Johnson stated on January 12, 2018 in an interview: About 1.1 million people legally enter the U.S. each year as permanent residents -- "65 percent of that is some kind of chain migration; 22 percent is diversity lottery, ‘asyling,’ refugees; only about 14, 15 percent has anything to do with work." Donald Trump stated on January 28, 2018 in a tweet: "Because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!" Cory Booker stated on January 16, 2018 in an interview on CNN: "In American history since 9/11, we've had 85 major attacks in our country, 73 percent of them have been by white nationalist hate groups." AmericanNews.com stated on October 12, 2014 in a headline: "Oprah tells Fox News host ‘all white people have to die.’" Cora Faith Walker stated on November 9, 2017 in a guest commentary in the St. Louis American: "The average life expectancy for African Americans in Saint Louis and Saint Louis County varies by as much as 18 years compared to the white population, with nearly half of all African-American kids under the age of 18 living in poverty." Truth Examiner stated on November 2, 2017 in a headline: "New Jersey police chief says black people ‘have no value’ and should all be executed." Donald Trump stated on December 8, 2017 in a rally in Pensacola, Fla.: "Black homeownership just hit the highest level it has ever been in the history of our country." Andrew Koenig stated on August 18, 2017 in a tweet: "It's time to remove any statue of Margaret Sanger who was a white suprematist (sic), spoke at kkk events & supported by democrats. #prolife" Derrick Johnson stated on August 2, 2017 in a travel advisory: "African Americans in Missouri are 75 percent more likely to be stopped and searched by law enforcement officers than caucasians." Jeff Sessions stated on September 5, 2017 in remarks at the Justice Department: Says President Barack Obama’s policy known as DACA "contributed to a surge of minors at the southern border." Viral image stated on August 22, 2017 in 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." Donald Trump stated on August 15, 2017 in a question-and-answer session with reporters: White nationalist protesters in Charlottesville "had a permit. The other group didn’t have a permit." Roy Moore stated on August 14, 2017 in an interview with Vox.com: "There are communities under Sharia law right now in our country. Up in Illinois. ... There’s Sharia law, as I understand it, in Illinois, Indiana -- up there. I don't know." Joy Reid stated on August 13, 2017 in on NBC’s Meet The Press: "The idea of putting up (Confederate) monuments actually didn’t happen right after the Civil War. It happened during the 1960s."
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Candace Owens stated on April 9, 2019 in a House Judiciary Committee hearing: The Southern strategy is a "myth" that "never happened." Facebook posts stated on March 5, 2019 in posts on the Internet: "Right here (in West Virginia), they are building new houses … so that 321 Syrian Muslims can move down into this neighborhood in two months. … (A funeral home) is to be torn down in two months, and a mosque is going to built there." Tommie Pierson Jr. stated on February 18, 2019 in a Missouri Legislative Black Caucus press conference: Says "zero" African Americans have presented to the House Budget Committee in 2019. Amy Klobuchar stated on March 17, 2019 in 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." Facebook posts stated on February 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: "In 1963 Bernie Sanders was arrested for throwing eggs at black civil rights protestors." Robert McKinzie stated on February 19, 2019 in a Fort Lauderdale City Commission meeting: The word picnic is a "racially insensitive word." Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2018 in a rally in Wheeling, W.Va.: "Household income among Hispanic Americans has just set a new record high." Michael Schirling stated on October 2, 2018 in Schirling to Boston.com Oct. 2, responding to an SNL skit: "We invite SNL viewers to Vermont to see all that we have to offer, including our increasingly diverse communities... The leaves are changing and so is Vermont." Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2018 in a rally in Wheeling, W.Va.: "The poverty rates for African Americans and Hispanic Americans -- it’s been incredible, they’ve all reached their lowest levels in the history of our country." Tammy Baldwin stated on June 26, 2018 in a public forum: "President Trump continues to disrespect patriotic transgender Americans who want to serve their country." Donald Trump stated on August 10, 2018 in a tweet: "Most of that money (made by the NFL) goes to the players." Greg Casar stated on May 8, 2018 in an Austin American-Statesman news story: Says Austin has "been ranked repeatedly as one of the most, if not the most, economically segregated cities in the country." Donald Trump stated on April 26, 2018 in an interview on "Fox & Friends": "Kanye (West) looks and he sees black unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees Hispanic unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees (women’s unemployment) the lowest it’s been in now almost 19 years." Tina Smith stated on April 10, 2018 in a tweet: "On average, American women only earn 80 cents for every dollar a man earns for doing the same job." International News Trends stated on March 23, 2018 in headline: Congressional Black Caucus introduces bill to "tax people for being white." Bloggers stated on February 2, 2018 in a headline: "First NFL team declares bankruptcy over kneeling thugs." Ron Johnson stated on January 12, 2018 in an interview: About 1.1 million people legally enter the U.S. each year as permanent residents -- "65 percent of that is some kind of chain migration; 22 percent is diversity lottery, ‘asyling,’ refugees; only about 14, 15 percent has anything to do with work." Donald Trump stated on January 28, 2018 in a tweet: "Because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!" Cory Booker stated on January 16, 2018 in an interview on CNN: "In American history since 9/11, we've had 85 major attacks in our country, 73 percent of them have been by white nationalist hate groups." AmericanNews.com stated on October 12, 2014 in a headline: "Oprah tells Fox News host ‘all white people have to die.’" Cora Faith Walker stated on November 9, 2017 in a guest commentary in the St. Louis American: "The average life expectancy for African Americans in Saint Louis and Saint Louis County varies by as much as 18 years compared to the white population, with nearly half of all African-American kids under the age of 18 living in poverty." Truth Examiner stated on November 2, 2017 in a headline: "New Jersey police chief says black people ‘have no value’ and should all be executed." Donald Trump stated on December 8, 2017 in a rally in Pensacola, Fla.: "Black homeownership just hit the highest level it has ever been in the history of our country." Andrew Koenig stated on August 18, 2017 in a tweet: "It's time to remove any statue of Margaret Sanger who was a white suprematist (sic), spoke at kkk events & supported by democrats. #prolife" Derrick Johnson stated on August 2, 2017 in a travel advisory: "African Americans in Missouri are 75 percent more likely to be stopped and searched by law enforcement officers than caucasians." Jeff Sessions stated on September 5, 2017 in remarks at the Justice Department: Says President Barack Obama’s policy known as DACA "contributed to a surge of minors at the southern border." Viral image stated on August 22, 2017 in 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." Donald Trump stated on August 15, 2017 in a question-and-answer session with reporters: White nationalist protesters in Charlottesville "had a permit. The other group didn’t have a permit." Roy Moore stated on August 14, 2017 in an interview with Vox.com: "There are communities under Sharia law right now in our country. Up in Illinois. ... There’s Sharia law, as I understand it, in Illinois, Indiana -- up there. I don't know." Joy Reid stated on August 13, 2017 in on NBC’s Meet The Press: "The idea of putting up (Confederate) monuments actually didn’t happen right after the Civil War. It happened during the 1960s."
Candace Owens stated on April 9, 2019 in a House Judiciary Committee hearing: The Southern strategy is a "myth" that "never happened."
Facebook posts stated on March 5, 2019 in posts on the Internet: "Right here (in West Virginia), they are building new houses … so that 321 Syrian Muslims can move down into this neighborhood in two months. … (A funeral home) is to be torn down in two months, and a mosque is going to built there."
Tommie Pierson Jr. stated on February 18, 2019 in a Missouri Legislative Black Caucus press conference: Says "zero" African Americans have presented to the House Budget Committee in 2019.
Amy Klobuchar stated on March 17, 2019 in 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."
Facebook posts stated on February 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: "In 1963 Bernie Sanders was arrested for throwing eggs at black civil rights protestors."
Robert McKinzie stated on February 19, 2019 in a Fort Lauderdale City Commission meeting: The word picnic is a "racially insensitive word."
Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2018 in a rally in Wheeling, W.Va.: "Household income among Hispanic Americans has just set a new record high."
Michael Schirling stated on October 2, 2018 in Schirling to Boston.com Oct. 2, responding to an SNL skit: "We invite SNL viewers to Vermont to see all that we have to offer, including our increasingly diverse communities... The leaves are changing and so is Vermont."
Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2018 in a rally in Wheeling, W.Va.: "The poverty rates for African Americans and Hispanic Americans -- it’s been incredible, they’ve all reached their lowest levels in the history of our country."
Tammy Baldwin stated on June 26, 2018 in a public forum: "President Trump continues to disrespect patriotic transgender Americans who want to serve their country."
Donald Trump stated on August 10, 2018 in a tweet: "Most of that money (made by the NFL) goes to the players."
Greg Casar stated on May 8, 2018 in an Austin American-Statesman news story: Says Austin has "been ranked repeatedly as one of the most, if not the most, economically segregated cities in the country."
Donald Trump stated on April 26, 2018 in an interview on "Fox & Friends": "Kanye (West) looks and he sees black unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees Hispanic unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees (women’s unemployment) the lowest it’s been in now almost 19 years."
Tina Smith stated on April 10, 2018 in a tweet: "On average, American women only earn 80 cents for every dollar a man earns for doing the same job."
International News Trends stated on March 23, 2018 in headline: Congressional Black Caucus introduces bill to "tax people for being white."
Bloggers stated on February 2, 2018 in a headline: "First NFL team declares bankruptcy over kneeling thugs."
Ron Johnson stated on January 12, 2018 in an interview: About 1.1 million people legally enter the U.S. each year as permanent residents -- "65 percent of that is some kind of chain migration; 22 percent is diversity lottery, ‘asyling,’ refugees; only about 14, 15 percent has anything to do with work."
Donald Trump stated on January 28, 2018 in a tweet: "Because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!"
Cory Booker stated on January 16, 2018 in an interview on CNN: "In American history since 9/11, we've had 85 major attacks in our country, 73 percent of them have been by white nationalist hate groups."
AmericanNews.com stated on October 12, 2014 in a headline: "Oprah tells Fox News host ‘all white people have to die.’"
Cora Faith Walker stated on November 9, 2017 in a guest commentary in the St. Louis American: "The average life expectancy for African Americans in Saint Louis and Saint Louis County varies by as much as 18 years compared to the white population, with nearly half of all African-American kids under the age of 18 living in poverty."
Truth Examiner stated on November 2, 2017 in a headline: "New Jersey police chief says black people ‘have no value’ and should all be executed."
Donald Trump stated on December 8, 2017 in a rally in Pensacola, Fla.: "Black homeownership just hit the highest level it has ever been in the history of our country."
Andrew Koenig stated on August 18, 2017 in a tweet: "It's time to remove any statue of Margaret Sanger who was a white suprematist (sic), spoke at kkk events & supported by democrats. #prolife"
Derrick Johnson stated on August 2, 2017 in a travel advisory: "African Americans in Missouri are 75 percent more likely to be stopped and searched by law enforcement officers than caucasians."
Jeff Sessions stated on September 5, 2017 in remarks at the Justice Department: Says President Barack Obama’s policy known as DACA "contributed to a surge of minors at the southern border."
Viral image stated on August 22, 2017 in 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."
Donald Trump stated on August 15, 2017 in a question-and-answer session with reporters: White nationalist protesters in Charlottesville "had a permit. The other group didn’t have a permit."
Roy Moore stated on August 14, 2017 in an interview with Vox.com: "There are communities under Sharia law right now in our country. Up in Illinois. ... There’s Sharia law, as I understand it, in Illinois, Indiana -- up there. I don't know."
Joy Reid stated on August 13, 2017 in on NBC’s Meet The Press: "The idea of putting up (Confederate) monuments actually didn’t happen right after the Civil War. It happened during the 1960s."
