Latest Mostly False 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 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.” 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.” 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.” Dave Murphy stated on November 7, 2023 in Wisconsin Assembly: "Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo signed a three-year contract for $186 million. He and his family, being African American, could receive benefits under affirmative action.” Dean Phillips stated on November 13, 2023 in a speech at Dartmouth College: "Half of American high school students are not familiar with the Holocaust." Jim Jordan stated on January 29, 2023 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press": "I got a list of 20 jurisdictions that defunded the police to the tune of over $1 billion total." JD Vance stated on September 4, 2022 in an interview: “Tim Ryan called police the new Jim Crow.” Candace Owens stated on May 3, 2022 in a tweet: “79% of Planned Parenthood clinics are in minority neighborhoods. This is not by accident. That is by its founder, Margaret Sanger's, eugenicist design." Aaron Lieberman stated on April 28, 2022 in an ad: "Kari Lake has been appearing at rallies with neo-Nazis," while "two federal juries have found" Katie Hobbs "guilty of racial discrimination." Rick Scott stated on November 8, 2021 in in a CNN interview: "In 2015, when Terry McAuliffe was governor, the Virginia Department of Education promoted incorporating critical race theory lens in education...They were trying to indoctrinate kids.” Instagram posts stated on November 3, 2021 in an Instagram post: "Arizona Department of Education gives green light on face mask and vaccine mandates, as well as implementing Critical (Race) Theory.” Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Tennessee new law passed 48 hours ago now makes it illegal to teach Black history in the grades K-12." FreedomWorks stated on September 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The Democrats want you American taxpayers to shell out $3 billion for ‘non-racist’ trees.” TikTok posts stated on August 26, 2021 in a TikTok video: "Verizon promotes defunding the police and (the) idea that America is fundamentally racist." Kayleigh McEnany stated on July 6, 2021 in a TV segment: “We know most of our forefathers, all of our main Founding Fathers were against slavery, recognized the evils of it.” Facebook posts stated on April 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: Maxine Waters could be “sentenced” for “jury tampering.” Joe Biden stated on March 1, 2021 in remarks with Mexico's president: "The fastest-growing population in the United States is Hispanic." Ted Cruz stated on January 9, 2021 in a tweet: Said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her allies “blocked a resolution condemning anti-Semitism — which I passed unanimously in the Senate.” Donald Trump stated on October 22, 2020 in the final 2020 presidential debate: “President Obama would never give them long-term funding, and I did … I saved historically Black colleges and universities.” Donald Trump stated on October 24, 2020 in a campaign rally: "We have a mayor in D.C. who formed a commission with recommendations. Her recommendation is: Take down the Washington Monument, close up the Lincoln Monument." Peggy Hubbard stated on September 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: “BLM Activist kills three people in a Louisville bar wearing a Breonna Taylor tee shirt last Friday.” Facebook posts stated on September 23, 2020 in a series of images: A U-Haul operated by antifa activists distributed “shields, weapons & black bloc” to protesters in Louisville, Ky., and is linked to “a George Soros-funded initiative.” Kamala Harris stated on September 22, 2020 in a TV interview: “Only one” Black-owned restaurant in Michigan received a loan through the Paycheck Protection Program Facebook posts stated on September 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: “So far, out of 175 arrested in Kenosha, 102 were not from Kenosha. Rioting has become its own industry.” Facebook posts stated on September 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Houston Texans coming out for the Black National Anthem then going into the locker room for THE REAL NATIONAL ANTHEM is DISGRACEFUL.” Mandela Barnes stated on August 10, 2020 in a public forum: GOP-backed "racist disenfrachisement" led to only five polling places being open in Milwaukee for April 7 election. Viral image stated on June 6, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Quotes LeBron James as saying, “I don’t want nothing to do with white people. I don’t believe they want anything to do with me. I don’t want no (white) friends. It’s me and my boys.” Instagram posts stated on June 17, 2020 in an Instagram post: A bar graph compares homicides for various racial groups Bloggers stated on June 15, 2020 in a blog post: “Speaker Pelosi presents a special ‘service flag’ to Mr. Floyd’s family.” Larry Elder stated on June 2, 2020 in a Fox News appearance: "Last year, there were nine unarmed black people killed (by law enforcement). Nineteen unarmed white people.”
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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.” 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.” 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.” Dave Murphy stated on November 7, 2023 in Wisconsin Assembly: "Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo signed a three-year contract for $186 million. He and his family, being African American, could receive benefits under affirmative action.” Dean Phillips stated on November 13, 2023 in a speech at Dartmouth College: "Half of American high school students are not familiar with the Holocaust." Jim Jordan stated on January 29, 2023 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press": "I got a list of 20 jurisdictions that defunded the police to the tune of over $1 billion total." JD Vance stated on September 4, 2022 in an interview: “Tim Ryan called police the new Jim Crow.” Candace Owens stated on May 3, 2022 in a tweet: “79% of Planned Parenthood clinics are in minority neighborhoods. This is not by accident. That is by its founder, Margaret Sanger's, eugenicist design." Aaron Lieberman stated on April 28, 2022 in an ad: "Kari Lake has been appearing at rallies with neo-Nazis," while "two federal juries have found" Katie Hobbs "guilty of racial discrimination." Rick Scott stated on November 8, 2021 in in a CNN interview: "In 2015, when Terry McAuliffe was governor, the Virginia Department of Education promoted incorporating critical race theory lens in education...They were trying to indoctrinate kids.” Instagram posts stated on November 3, 2021 in an Instagram post: "Arizona Department of Education gives green light on face mask and vaccine mandates, as well as implementing Critical (Race) Theory.” Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Tennessee new law passed 48 hours ago now makes it illegal to teach Black history in the grades K-12." FreedomWorks stated on September 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The Democrats want you American taxpayers to shell out $3 billion for ‘non-racist’ trees.” TikTok posts stated on August 26, 2021 in a TikTok video: "Verizon promotes defunding the police and (the) idea that America is fundamentally racist." Kayleigh McEnany stated on July 6, 2021 in a TV segment: “We know most of our forefathers, all of our main Founding Fathers were against slavery, recognized the evils of it.” Facebook posts stated on April 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: Maxine Waters could be “sentenced” for “jury tampering.” Joe Biden stated on March 1, 2021 in remarks with Mexico's president: "The fastest-growing population in the United States is Hispanic." Ted Cruz stated on January 9, 2021 in a tweet: Said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her allies “blocked a resolution condemning anti-Semitism — which I passed unanimously in the Senate.” Donald Trump stated on October 22, 2020 in the final 2020 presidential debate: “President Obama would never give them long-term funding, and I did … I saved historically Black colleges and universities.” Donald Trump stated on October 24, 2020 in a campaign rally: "We have a mayor in D.C. who formed a commission with recommendations. Her recommendation is: Take down the Washington Monument, close up the Lincoln Monument." Peggy Hubbard stated on September 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: “BLM Activist kills three people in a Louisville bar wearing a Breonna Taylor tee shirt last Friday.” Facebook posts stated on September 23, 2020 in a series of images: A U-Haul operated by antifa activists distributed “shields, weapons & black bloc” to protesters in Louisville, Ky., and is linked to “a George Soros-funded initiative.” Kamala Harris stated on September 22, 2020 in a TV interview: “Only one” Black-owned restaurant in Michigan received a loan through the Paycheck Protection Program Facebook posts stated on September 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: “So far, out of 175 arrested in Kenosha, 102 were not from Kenosha. Rioting has become its own industry.” Facebook posts stated on September 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Houston Texans coming out for the Black National Anthem then going into the locker room for THE REAL NATIONAL ANTHEM is DISGRACEFUL.” Mandela Barnes stated on August 10, 2020 in a public forum: GOP-backed "racist disenfrachisement" led to only five polling places being open in Milwaukee for April 7 election. Viral image stated on June 6, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Quotes LeBron James as saying, “I don’t want nothing to do with white people. I don’t believe they want anything to do with me. I don’t want no (white) friends. It’s me and my boys.” Instagram posts stated on June 17, 2020 in an Instagram post: A bar graph compares homicides for various racial groups Bloggers stated on June 15, 2020 in a blog post: “Speaker Pelosi presents a special ‘service flag’ to Mr. Floyd’s family.” Larry Elder stated on June 2, 2020 in a Fox News appearance: "Last year, there were nine unarmed black people killed (by law enforcement). Nineteen unarmed white people.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
Dave Murphy stated on November 7, 2023 in Wisconsin Assembly: "Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo signed a three-year contract for $186 million. He and his family, being African American, could receive benefits under affirmative action.”
Dean Phillips stated on November 13, 2023 in a speech at Dartmouth College: "Half of American high school students are not familiar with the Holocaust."
Jim Jordan stated on January 29, 2023 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press": "I got a list of 20 jurisdictions that defunded the police to the tune of over $1 billion total."
Candace Owens stated on May 3, 2022 in a tweet: “79% of Planned Parenthood clinics are in minority neighborhoods. This is not by accident. That is by its founder, Margaret Sanger's, eugenicist design."
Aaron Lieberman stated on April 28, 2022 in an ad: "Kari Lake has been appearing at rallies with neo-Nazis," while "two federal juries have found" Katie Hobbs "guilty of racial discrimination."
Rick Scott stated on November 8, 2021 in in a CNN interview: "In 2015, when Terry McAuliffe was governor, the Virginia Department of Education promoted incorporating critical race theory lens in education...They were trying to indoctrinate kids.”
Instagram posts stated on November 3, 2021 in an Instagram post: "Arizona Department of Education gives green light on face mask and vaccine mandates, as well as implementing Critical (Race) Theory.”
Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: "Tennessee new law passed 48 hours ago now makes it illegal to teach Black history in the grades K-12."
FreedomWorks stated on September 28, 2021 in a Facebook post: “The Democrats want you American taxpayers to shell out $3 billion for ‘non-racist’ trees.”
TikTok posts stated on August 26, 2021 in a TikTok video: "Verizon promotes defunding the police and (the) idea that America is fundamentally racist."
Kayleigh McEnany stated on July 6, 2021 in a TV segment: “We know most of our forefathers, all of our main Founding Fathers were against slavery, recognized the evils of it.”
Facebook posts stated on April 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: Maxine Waters could be “sentenced” for “jury tampering.”
Joe Biden stated on March 1, 2021 in remarks with Mexico's president: "The fastest-growing population in the United States is Hispanic."
Ted Cruz stated on January 9, 2021 in a tweet: Said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her allies “blocked a resolution condemning anti-Semitism — which I passed unanimously in the Senate.”
Donald Trump stated on October 22, 2020 in the final 2020 presidential debate: “President Obama would never give them long-term funding, and I did … I saved historically Black colleges and universities.”
Donald Trump stated on October 24, 2020 in a campaign rally: "We have a mayor in D.C. who formed a commission with recommendations. Her recommendation is: Take down the Washington Monument, close up the Lincoln Monument."
Peggy Hubbard stated on September 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: “BLM Activist kills three people in a Louisville bar wearing a Breonna Taylor tee shirt last Friday.”
Facebook posts stated on September 23, 2020 in a series of images: A U-Haul operated by antifa activists distributed “shields, weapons & black bloc” to protesters in Louisville, Ky., and is linked to “a George Soros-funded initiative.”
Kamala Harris stated on September 22, 2020 in a TV interview: “Only one” Black-owned restaurant in Michigan received a loan through the Paycheck Protection Program
Facebook posts stated on September 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: “So far, out of 175 arrested in Kenosha, 102 were not from Kenosha. Rioting has become its own industry.”
Facebook posts stated on September 11, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Houston Texans coming out for the Black National Anthem then going into the locker room for THE REAL NATIONAL ANTHEM is DISGRACEFUL.”
Mandela Barnes stated on August 10, 2020 in a public forum: GOP-backed "racist disenfrachisement" led to only five polling places being open in Milwaukee for April 7 election.
Viral image stated on June 6, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Quotes LeBron James as saying, “I don’t want nothing to do with white people. I don’t believe they want anything to do with me. I don’t want no (white) friends. It’s me and my boys.”
Instagram posts stated on June 17, 2020 in an Instagram post: A bar graph compares homicides for various racial groups
Bloggers stated on June 15, 2020 in a blog post: “Speaker Pelosi presents a special ‘service flag’ to Mr. Floyd’s family.”
Larry Elder stated on June 2, 2020 in a Fox News appearance: "Last year, there were nine unarmed black people killed (by law enforcement). Nineteen unarmed white people.”
