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Occupy Democrats stated on April 08, 2022 in in a Twitter post:

The chairman of Virginia’s Republican Party made a “shockingly racist post” about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

By Gabrielle Settles• April 12, 2022

Robert McKinzie stated on February 19, 2019 in a Fort Lauderdale City Commission meeting:

The word picnic is a "racially insensitive word."

By Amy Sherman• February 21, 2019

Facebook posts stated on May 09, 2020 in Facebook post:

Under an 1866 Supreme Court ruling, stay-at-home orders are illegal and can be disregarded with impunity

By Emily Venezky• May 13, 2020

Libs of TikTok stated on March 28, 2024 in a post on X:

“Nothing to see here… just the Mayor of Baltimore threatening White people.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• April 1, 2024

Viral image stated on May 16, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"Donald Trump has been in public eye for over 30 years and he was never once accused of being racist by anyone until he decided to run against the Democrats."

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 22, 2019

Viral image stated on October 27, 2021 in an Instagram post:

Says a CNN headline said, “In And Out is the fast food of white supremacists.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 29, 2021

Viral image stated on July 16, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Joe Biden said, “We don’t need any more N***** bigshots.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• July 22, 2020

Andrew Napolitano stated on June 16, 2016 in a segment on Fox & Friends:

"Attempts to find things like, ‘crime,’ ‘criminal activity,’ ‘indictment,’ have been filtered out by Google" in favor of Hillary Clinton.

By Allison Graves• June 23, 2016

Bloggers stated on November 06, 2018 in a post on Right Wing News:

"Black Panthers Just Took Over City (Atlanta) – All Out War On Election Day"

By Jon Greenberg• November 6, 2018

Social Media stated on February 22, 2026 in publicaciones en redes sociales:

Imagen muestra a Puerto Vallarta, México, después de la muerte de Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, el líder del Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación.

By Maria Briceño• February 23, 2026

Presente.org stated on July 13, 2009 in a radio ad:

Rep. Adam Putnam was silent when Rush Limbaugh called Sonia Sotomayor a racist.

By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 14, 2009

Viral image stated on May 02, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Nikki Haley “white-washed” her name because she thought it “would give her a better chance than the name Nimrata Randhawa.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 6, 2021

Education Action Group stated on September 16, 2012 in an online post:

"Portland Schools spend $500K to deem PB&J sandwiches racist."

By Janie Har• September 18, 2012

Chain email stated on May 13, 2008 in a chain e-mail:

Obama's wife wrote a paper in college that said America was a nation founded on "crime and hatred" and that whites in America are "ineradicably racist."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 30, 2008

Viral image stated on July 22, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Whoopi Goldberg kept her job and was applauded by ABC after calling Jeanine Pirro a racist slur.

By Ciara O'Rourke• July 26, 2019

Donald Trump stated on March 26, 2020 in a Hannity show interview:

Speaking of his restriction on travel from China, “I had (Joe) Biden calling me xenophobic. … He called me a racist, because of the fact that he felt it was a racist thing to stop people from China coming in.”

By Miriam Valverde• March 27, 2020

Allen West stated on October 08, 2012 in an ad:

Says Patrick Murphy is trying to "hide his drunken assault of a police officer."

By Amy Sherman• October 16, 2012

X posts stated on February 06, 2022 in a tweet:

Turning Point USA is a white nationalist organization.

By Caleb McCullough• February 16, 2022

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.”

By Monique Curet• September 30, 2020

Facebook posts stated on June 12, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says a 1942 Milwaukee YMCA brochure shows children playing a violent, racist carnival game

By Eric Litke• June 22, 2020

The Fredo flap and the nuances of an insult

By Jon Greenberg• August 14, 2019

Ask PolitiFact: Is homeownership harder for Black Americans to achieve?

By Gabrielle Settles• August 31, 2022

Fact-checking attacks against Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s running mate

By Ciara O'Rourke, Samantha Putterman• August 20, 2020

Donald Trump calls the coronavirus the ‘Chinese virus.’ Health experts say that’s wrong

By Miriam Valverde• March 19, 2020

What is critical race theory, and why are conservatives blocking it?

By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman• May 24, 2021

Donald Trump said Democrats’ call to military amounts to sedition. Experts say that’s doubtful

By Louis Jacobson• November 20, 2025

Not-so-innocent ‘cat memes’: AI creations give life to unsubstantiated Springfield, Ohio, claims

By Loreben Tuquero• September 25, 2024

You can handle the truth

By Neil Brown• September 12, 2012

Are Google, Meta AI hiding Trump information? Here’s what companies say happened

By Jeff Cercone, Sara Swann• August 5, 2024

Chris Christie's "Comeback" scorecard

By Erin O'Neill, Caryn Shinske, Bill Wichert• August 26, 2012

On X, support for American Eagle ads with Sydney Sweeney’s ‘good jeans’ overwhelms criticism

By Loreben Tuquero• August 1, 2025

2 weeks, 450+ posts: How Elon Musk uses his X profile to push FEMA, immigration, voting falsehoods

By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2024

Looking at photos of Joe Biden, Robert Byrd, Donald Trump and Rosa Parks

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 1, 2020

In Context: Here’s what JD Vance said about school shootings being a ‘fact of life’ (transcript)

By Jeff Cercone• September 9, 2024

Newt flips after his Twitter message draws fire

By Catharine Richert• June 3, 2009

Donald Trump, Steve Bannon keep talking about a 3rd term. Can Trump do it?

By Louis Jacobson• October 27, 2025

California congressional race heats up

By Robert Farley• June 20, 2011

Ask PolitiFact: Did Pete Hegseth’s tattoos bar him from National Guard service in 2021?

By Sara Swann• November 19, 2024

MoveOn gets its facts wrong on Florida's voter purge

By Amy Sherman• July 10, 2012

Fact-check: Donald Trump’s false and misleading responses after charges over role in Jan. 6 riot

By Samantha Putterman, Maria Ramirez Uribe• August 2, 2023

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