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David Beckham stated on June 10, 2016 in a UNICEF video:
"Swaziland has the highest rate of HIV infection in the world."  
By Jon Greenberg• June 17, 2016
Nicholas Kristof stated on December 04, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show":
The wealth gap between blacks and whites in the United States is "greater than the black-white wealth gap was in apartheid South Africa."
By Jon Greenberg• December 17, 2014
Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on June 05, 2011 in an interview with political commentator Roland Martin:
By advocating new requirements for voters to show ID cards at the polls, Republicans "want to literally drag us all the way back to Jim Crow laws."
By Louis Jacobson• June 9, 2011
Katty Kay stated on February 08, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"There are countries in Africa where they have higher vaccination rates than here in the United States."
By Katie Sanders• February 8, 2015
Adam Putnam stated on October 30, 2011 in an interview on the CBS News show "Sunday Morning":
Says the giant African land snail "carries human meningitis."
By Becky Bowers• November 3, 2011
Bill O'Reilly stated on December 05, 2013 in an exchange on Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor":
Says Nelson Mandela "was a communist."
By Louis Jacobson• December 11, 2013
Rick Santorum stated on February 19, 2012 in a speech :
Claims Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said "she prefers the South African Constitution over the United States Constitution."
By Willoughby Mariano• February 28, 2012
Chain email stated on August 26, 2014 in In a viral YouTube video:
A Muslim immigrant in Michigan can list his second, third or fourth wives as "extended family" and qualify for welfare.
By Clayton Youngman• December 7, 2015
Viral image stated on November 28, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Only Reuters” reported that the doctor who detected the omicron variant said its symptoms are “very mild.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 30, 2021
Nancy Grace stated on March 24, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America":
Premeditation, in murder cases like the Oscar Pistorius case, "can be formed in the twinkling of an eye."
By Katie Sanders• March 31, 2014
Marco Rubio stated on February 09, 2012 in a speech at the CPAC conference:
Says a U.S. Supreme Court justice suggested that some U.S. cases will be decided based on South African law.
By Amy Sherman• February 14, 2012
Bernie Sanders stated on November 06, 2015 in a Democratic presidential candidates' forum in Rock Hill, S.C.:
"Over half of the black workers in this country earn less" than $15 an hour.
By Louis Jacobson• November 12, 2015
Donald Trump stated on August 22, 2018 in a tweet:
Says the "South African Government is now seizing land from white farmers" and alleges a "large scale killing of farmers" in the country.
By Katie Akin• August 24, 2018
Steny Hoyer stated on December 13, 2011 in an opinion column.:
Says up to a quarter of African Americans don’t have government photo ID.
By Sue Owen• January 14, 2012
Joe Biden stated on February 11, 2020 in a campaign event in South Carolina:
“I had the great honor of being arrested with our U.N. ambassador on the streets of Soweto trying to get to see (Nelson Mandela) on Robbens Island.”
By Amy Sherman• March 4, 2020
Facebook posts stated on May 31, 2022 in a Facebook post:
"In Zimbabwe, people have started selling their toes for thousands of dollars due to (the) high cost of living.”
By Jeff Cercone• June 7, 2022
Eric Holder stated on July 10, 2012 in a speech to the NAACP convention in Houston.:
Says recent studies indicate that nationally, only 8 percent of white voting-age citizens but 25 percent of African-American voting-age citizens lack government-issued photo IDs.
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby• July 11, 2012
Hank Gilbert stated on September 12, 2010 in a campaign video.:
Says gas pumps in different parts of Texas are missing state inspection stickers and/or their inspections are out of date--and that's cheating consumers.
By W. Gardner Selby• October 16, 2010
Nicholas Kristof stated on December 04, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Daily Show":
"The United States right now incarcerates more African-Americans as a percentage than apartheid South Africa did."  
By Jon Greenberg• December 11, 2014
Tim Scott stated on April 11, 2023 in Senate Banking Committee press release:
“For African American families in particular, the homeownership rate remains relatively unchanged since 1968, the year the Fair Housing Act was signed into law.”
By Matthew Crowley• May 19, 2023

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Fact-checking Trump’s video, images about South Africa during Oval Office meeting with Ramaphosa

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Juneteenth: Why one day marking African American freedom rose above others

By Jon Greenberg• June 18, 2020

Military bases named for Confederates: Renaming suggestions from military historians

By Louis Jacobson• June 16, 2020

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By April Hunt• November 13, 2015

For the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a look back at our fact-checks

By Amy Sherman• August 7, 2015

Fact-checking fake news on International Fact-checking Day

By Allison Graves• April 2, 2017

Trump’s Afrikaner refugee policy based on unfounded claims about land, white farmer ‘genocide’

By Amy Sherman• May 20, 2025

Sanders hitting same themes as years ago

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