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Facebook posts stated on August 19, 2018 in a Facebook post:
Says "Muhammad owned many slaves" while Robert E. Lee was "against slavery."  
By Samantha Putterman• August 27, 2019
Facebook posts stated on May 26, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Robert E. Lee opposed slavery and secession and has come to symbolize both slavery and secession.
By Samantha Putterman• June 12, 2020
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 April 14, 2024 in Facebook posts:
The day after the total solar eclipse, 85-foot waves traveled from Antarctica to South Africa.
By Sofia Ahmed• April 16, 2024
Michele Bachmann stated on December 15, 2011 in a Republican presidential primary debate:
Says Newt Gingrich "made an affirmative statement that he would not only support but he would campaign for Republicans who were in support of the barbaric procedure known as partial-birth abortion."
By Molly Moorhead• December 16, 2011
Various media reports 2 stated on June 18, 2015 in church shooting aftermath:
Only five states, including Georgia, do not have a hate crimes law.
By Nancy Badertscher• July 1, 2015
Joseph Crowley stated on April 07, 2017 in a tweet:
"More than 20 million people are at risk of dying from starvation within 6 months in 4 nations."
By Jon Greenberg• April 11, 2017
Joe Biden stated on April 26, 2024 in an interview with Howard Stern:
Says he “got arrested” while protesting in favor of desegregation.
By Jeff Cercone, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• April 29, 2024
Joe Biden stated on January 11, 2022 in a speech in Atlanta:
As a youth, “I got arrested” protesting for civil rights.
By Jeff Cercone, Louis Jacobson• January 13, 2022
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
Ann Coulter stated on August 23, 2018 in a tweet:
"The Dutch (Afrikaners) were" in South Africa "first."  
By Jon Greenberg• August 27, 2018
Jon Stewart stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show":
The American slave trade caused 5 million deaths "or more."
By Jon Greenberg• March 18, 2014
Viral image stated on May 06, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says John F. Kennedy said, "What if we go to heaven and we, all our lives, have treated the Negro as an inferior, and God is there, and we look up and He is not white? What then is our response?"
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 10, 2019
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
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
Bloggers stated on August 24, 2018 in :
"Trump: ‘I am sending troops to South Africa and they will not leave until the killing stop and the land issue resolved.’ "
By Manuela Tobias• August 24, 2018
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
Daily Caller stated on September 19, 2016 in an article in the Daily Caller:
"Former President Bill Clinton and his Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) distributed ‘watered-down’ HIV/AIDS drugs to patients in sub-Saharan Africa."
By Jon Greenberg• September 23, 2016
Tim Ziemer stated on January 20, 2016 in an article posted on Medium:
"In Africa, a child dies every minute because of (malaria)."
By Jon Greenberg• April 25, 2016
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

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