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Kamala Harris stated on July 6, 2024 in a moderated conversation:

Black women in the U.S. are “three to four times more likely to die in connection with childbirth than other women."

By Samantha Putterman • July 11, 2024

Donald Trump stated on June 15, 2024 in remarks in Detroit:

The Trump administration “achieved the lowest African American unemployment rate and the lowest African American poverty rate ever recorded.”

By Louis Jacobson • June 20, 2024

Donna Brazile stated on February 4, 2024 in a roundtable on ABC's "This Week":

Under President Joe Biden, “Black unemployment is the lowest in American history.”

By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2024

Peggy Hubbard stated on May 3, 2022 in a post:

Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, referred to Black women as weeds that needed to be plucked from their garden, and was a supporter of the Ku Klux Klan and a Democrat.

By Monique Curet • May 10, 2022

Kevin Parker stated on April 14, 2021 in a Tweet:

“Law enforcement violence is the leading cause of death for young Black men and women in the US.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 29, 2021

Sarah Godlewski stated on January 9, 2021 in Twitter:

“It wasn’t all women that lost jobs (in the December jobs report), it was mostly Black and Latina women. In fact, white women gained employment.”

By Nusaiba Mizan • January 15, 2021

Kelly Loeffler stated on November 13, 2020 in an ad:

Says Raphael Warnock defended the “hatred” of Jeremiah Wright, the pastor who said “not God bless America, God damn America,” and gave Wright “an award for truth telling.”

By Tom Kertscher • December 1, 2020

Facebook posts stated on November 6, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“The NAACP has received credible information that some of the white nationalist groups … will be looking to snatch black men and boys and hang them, shoot them, torture them and kill them.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 7, 2020

Facebook posts stated on January 22, 2017 in a Facebook post:

"Nicole Kidman ‘blacklisted’ from Hollywood for vowing to support president."

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 13, 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

Jack Salzwedel stated on October 8, 2019 in a public forum:

"There’s more African American males in the penal system right now than there were (enslaved) at the height of slavery."

By D.L. Davis • November 1, 2019

Bernie Sanders stated on August 15, 2019 in an interview with Cardi B:

"We have something like one out of four young black men in this country end up in the criminal justice system. They may end up in jail, they may end up on parole, they may end up on probation."

By Daniel Funke • August 22, 2019

West Virginia Democratic Party stated on April 2, 2019 in a tweet:

"Black women make only around 63 cents while Native American women earn 58 cents, and Hispanic women make just 54 cents in comparison to every dollar a man makes."

By Garrett Spikes, Rebecca Jerome • May 16, 2019

Taylor Swift stated on October 7, 2018 in an Instagram post:

Says Marsha Blackburn "voted against the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which attempts to protect women from domestic violence, stalking, and date rape."

By Jon Greenberg • October 9, 2018

Marsha Blackburn stated on September 25, 2018 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn.:

Under Phil Bredesen, in sexual harassment cases, his administration chose "to shred some of the documents so that women’s voices would never be heard."

By Jon Greenberg • October 2, 2018

Phil Bredesen stated on August 24, 2018 in a press release:

Says Marsha Blackburn "at the behest of the pharmaceutical industry, co-sponsored a law that weakened DEA enforcement efforts against drug distribution companies that were supplying corrupt doctors and pharmacists who peddled narcotics to the black market."

By Jon Greenberg • September 18, 2018

Bloggers stated on January 7, 2016 in blog post:

"80% of black men in Atlanta are Homosexuals, study says"

By Miriam Valverde • March 27, 2018

Donald Trump stated on January 28, 2018 in a tweet:

"Because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!"

By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018

Donald Trump stated on January 8, 2018 in a tweet:

"African American unemployment is the lowest ever recorded in our country. The Hispanic unemployment rate dropped a full point in the last year and is close to the lowest in recorded history. Dems did nothing for you but get your vote!"

By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2018

Andy Gronik stated on August 27, 2017 in an email:

"Black Americans still earn less than 73 percent of what white men make."

By Eric Litke • October 4, 2017

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