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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

By Clara Hendrickson• September 24, 2020

Joe Biden stated on February 13, 2024 in a campaign ad:

Under Joe Biden, there are “record numbers of new Black entrepreneurs.”

By Louis Jacobson• February 15, 2024

David Crowley stated on May 16, 2024 in Public appearance:

“Under (the Biden) administration we have witnessed the fastest growth of Black-owned small businesses in more than 30 years.”

By Vanessa Swales• June 28, 2024

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

Bloggers stated on August 20, 2018 in :

"Black business ownership jumped 400% in one year."

By Kyra Haas• August 27, 2018

Viral image stated on August 22, 2017 in social media feeds:

"At the PEAK of slavery in 1860, only 1.4% of Americans owned slaves. What your history books (don't) tell you is that 3,000 blacks owned a total of 20,000 slaves the same year."

By Louis Jacobson• August 24, 2017

Gary Black stated on May 13, 2022 in a radio interview:

In 2020, when Raphael Warnock ran a campaign ad featuring himself with a beagle, “that wasn’t his dog.”

By Louis Jacobson• May 23, 2022

Facebook posts stated on July 01, 2020 in in a post:

“America was the ONLY country that ended” slavery

By Emily Venezky• July 31, 2020

Farouk Shami stated on January 26, 2010 in a Dallas press conference:

Bill White "is discriminating. He's taking jobs from African Americans and giving them to his friends."

By W. Gardner Selby• February 4, 2010

Candace Owens stated on June 11, 2020 in a tweet:

“According to its website Black Lives Matter, Inc is NOT a charity. It is a full-fledged corporation that does NOT have any locations.”

By Daniel Funke• June 17, 2020

Dan Patrick stated on April 06, 2021 in a press conference:

“Statistics show that more people of color don't have cars than not. So how do (drive-thru voting centers) help those folks?"

By Brandon Mulder• April 23, 2021

Facebook posts stated on September 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Kohl's confirmed that they will be selling BLM merchandise” but are not selling “back the blue” at this time.

By Samantha Putterman• November 3, 2020

Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says a photo shows a white man smiling while holding a black man with a bloody face.

By Miriam Valverde• December 20, 2019

Donald Trump stated on August 25, 2016 in a speech in Manchester, N.H.:

Says Hillary Clinton "wants to raise taxes on African-American owned businesses to as much as nearly 50 percent more than they're paying now."

By Joshua Gillin• August 26, 2016

Antonin Scalia stated on December 09, 2015 in a Supreme Court hearing:

"Most of the black scientists in this country don't come from schools like the University of Texas. They come from lesser schools."

By Lauren Carroll, Joshua Gillin• December 11, 2015

The Gateway Pundit stated on September 01, 2022 in in an article:

Bank of America “announced a new mortgage home loan program for first-time homebuyers. But only blacks and Hispanics will be eligible.”

By Gabrielle Settles• September 6, 2022

Instagram posts stated on June 27, 2021 in an Instagram post:

Three white former police officers were sentenced to less prison time — combined — for killing three Black people than a Black man was for selling marijuana.

By Andy Nguyen• July 7, 2021

Committee to Defend the President stated on February 25, 2020 in a television ad attacking Joe Biden:

Says Obama said black people have the "worst jobs, the worst housing" and face rampant police brutality, "but when so-called black committeemen came around election time we’d all line up and vote the straight Democratic ticket, sell our souls for a Christmas turkey."

By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman• February 27, 2020

Instagram posts stated on September 02, 2024 in a photo:

Image claims Tiger Woods said “Kamala's fake black accent is embarrassing and extremely offensive.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• September 4, 2024

Facebook posts stated on February 19, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Say Bernie Sanders said, “Italians are gangsters and Irish are drunk and Jews are greedy and black people smell.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 25, 2020

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