Fact Check Posts – PolitiFact

Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2025 in a Truth Social post:

The Digital Equity Act is a handout “based on race,” and “illegal.”

By Amy Sherman • May 13, 2025

Ian Miles Cheong
stated on March 19, 2025 in an X post:

Netflix show “Adolescence” is based on Southport, England, knife attacker but the show “race swapped the actual killer from a black man/migrant to a white boy.”

By Jeff Cercone • March 21, 2025

Facebook posts
stated on February 12, 2025 in a post:

Michael Jordan said that “any athlete who kneels for our national anthem should lose their medal.”

By Claire Cranford • February 19, 2025

Instagram posts
stated on October 29, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Kamala Harris paid The Shade Room to interview her “for perceived support amongst black voters.”

By Sofia Ahmed • October 30, 2024

Instagram posts
stated on October 21, 2024 in Instagram posts:

Jussie Smollett is Kamala Harris’ nephew.

By Sofia Ahmed • October 23, 2024

Laura Loomer
stated on July 31, 2024 in an X post:

“Nowhere on her birth certificate does it say that she is BLACK OR AFRICAN. … Kamala Harris is NOT black and never has been.”

By Jeff Cercone • August 6, 2024

Facebook posts
stated on June 24, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Chiefs’ Coach Andy Reid “fires 3 top players for anthem kneeling.”

By Mia Penner • July 1, 2024

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

Donald Trump
stated on March 9, 2024 in a rally in Rome, Georgia:

“In February alone, nearly 1 million jobs held by native-born Americans disappeared.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2024

Instagram posts
stated on January 15, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Abraham Lincoln’s coin is copper because he ended slavery. Figures on other U.S. coins “face left because they turned their backs to him in protest.”

By Jeff Cercone • January 17, 2024

Instagram posts
stated on October 27, 2023 in a video shared on Instagram:

“New court documents reveal that George Floyd died of a fentanyl overdose.”

By Madison Czopek • November 3, 2023

X posts
stated on May 7, 2023 in a post:

California has approved $1.2 million in reparations for every Black resident.

By Gabrielle Settles • May 12, 2023

Facebook posts
stated on March 15, 2023 in a headline shared on Facebook:

Silicon Valley Bank “donated $73M to ‘BLM Movement’”

By Madison Czopek • March 22, 2023

Instagram posts
stated on February 17, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“Joe Biden changes the name of Black History Month.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 23, 2023

Viral image
stated on February 16, 2023 in an Instagram post:

KFC tweeted an image of a chicken drumstick for Black History Month.

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 17, 2023

Marjorie Taylor Greene
stated on February 1, 2023 in a House committee hearing:

Illinois “received $5.1 billion at an elementary school there that used it for equity and diversity.”

By Amy Sherman, Jeff Cercone • February 3, 2023

Instagram posts
stated on December 4, 2022 in a post:

Says Hitler said Black people are the “true Hebrews.”

By Gabrielle Settles • December 6, 2022

Kevin McCarthy
stated on November 29, 2022 in remarks to reporters outside the White House:

“I think President Trump came out four times and condemned” Nick Fuentes.

By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2022

America First Legal
stated on November 1, 2022 in an ad:

“Kamala Harris said disaster aid should go to non-white citizens first.”

By Tom Kertscher • November 5, 2022

Kanye West
stated on October 16, 2022 in an interview:

Suggests fentanyl, not Derek Chauvin, killed George Floyd

By Gabrielle Settles • October 18, 2022

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