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Ted Cruz stated on March 6, 2014 in a speech at the CPAC conference:

Says President Barack Obama "is the first president we've ever had who thinks he can choose which laws to enforce and which laws to ignore."

By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2014

Joe Biden stated on July 22, 2020 in a town hall:

No U.S. presidents elected before Donald Trump were racist.

By Louis Jacobson, Sophie Austin • July 27, 2020

Viral image stated on November 9, 2016 in a post-election Tweet:

Says the KKK marched in Mebane, N.C., after Trump’s victory

By Will Doran • November 9, 2016

Bloggers stated on June 25, 2015 in posts on the Internet:

"Lincoln was fervently making plans to send all freed slaves to the jungles of Central America once the (Civil War) was over. … The only thing that kept this from happening was his assassination."

By Louis Jacobson • June 26, 2015

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Are there white nationalists in the White House?

By Louis Jacobson • August 15, 2017

Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021, but it’s not a paid day off in all 50 states

By Alex Min • June 18, 2026

Voting sign at polling place in San Antonio, 2-14-2022

U.S. presidents can’t cancel or postpone federal elections

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • May 7, 2024

Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn, speaks to voters in Manchester, N.H., 1-18-2024

PolitiFact on the road: Dean Phillips talks AI, and voters question Nikki Haley in CNN town hall

By Ellen Hine • January 19, 2024

Did Democrats want expansion of slavery, while Republicans opposed it?

By Laura Schulte • January 9, 2024

Some GOP hopefuls want to honor Confederate Braxton Bragg with US base. Here’s what to know.

By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2023

In context: What Joe Biden said about George Wallace, Bull Connor and Jefferson Davis

By Jeff Cercone • January 20, 2022

Juneteenth’s 156-year path to becoming a federal holiday: Here’s the history

By Jon Greenberg • June 17, 2021

Fact-checking Larry Elder’s reparations chatter on ‘Fox & Friends’

By Bill McCarthy • June 27, 2019