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stated on September 24, 2024 in social media posts:

Vice President Kamala Harris responded, “Next question please,” when asked about the economy during an Aug. 29 CNN interview.

By Sofia Ahmed • September 27, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on July 31, 2024 in an NABJ conference appearance:

Kamala Harris was “Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden, she made a turn and she went, she became a Black person.”

By Samantha Putterman • July 31, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on February 22, 2024 in a video:

Johnnie Cochran “mysteriously passed away” and his death is linked to his work on slavery reparations.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • February 23, 2024
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on December 6, 2023 in a debate:

“The great replacement theory is not some grand right-wing conspiracy theory. But a basic statement of the Democratic Party's platform.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • December 13, 2023
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on July 11, 2023 in a video:

“COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.”

By Samantha Putterman • July 19, 2023
Scott Adams
stated on March 8, 2023 in a tweet:

The 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was “an American intel op against Trump.”

By Gabrielle Settles • March 10, 2023
Tucker Carlson
stated on February 6, 2023 in in a TV segment:

“No administration has ever looked less like America, just by the numbers, than the Biden administration.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 17, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on January 18, 2023 in a post:

Black Americans are not descended from people who were taken from Africa to be enslaved.

By Gabrielle Settles • January 31, 2023
Kanye West
stated on December 1, 2022 in an interview:

Hitler “didn’t kill 6 million Jews” and “the Holocaust is not what happened.”

By Gabrielle Settles • December 5, 2022
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stated on July 21, 2022 in an Instagram post:

George Floyd and COVID-19 “never existed.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 22, 2022
Whoopi Goldberg
stated on January 31, 2022 in a TV segment:

"The Holocaust isn't about race. No, it's not about race."

By Bill McCarthy • February 1, 2022
Rachel Campos-Duffy
stated on August 7, 2021 in Twitter:

Says of UW-Madison, "It cost the university $50k (your tax dollars) to remove" a rock considered by some a symbol of racism.

By Laura Schulte • August 14, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on July 25, 2021 in a Facebook post:

"Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes has left training camp and says he will ‘not play another down in the NFL’ until the team changes their name.”

By Jason Asenso • July 28, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on August 2, 2020 in Facebook and Twitter posts:

Says BLM activist Sasha Johnson tweeted, “The white man will not be our equal but our slave.”

By Michael Majchrowicz • May 28, 2021
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stated on May 2, 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
Facebook posts
stated on April 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Derek Chauvin’s trial and conviction for the murder of George Floyd was faked as part of a “false flag.”

By Bill McCarthy • April 21, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on March 24, 2021 in a Facebook post:

A CNN chyron said the Boulder “shooter was factually Arabic, but morally white.”

By Bill McCarthy • March 25, 2021
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stated on February 24, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Joe Biden tweeted, “the way white people talk leaving minorities confused.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 24, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on September 11, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Kenosha car dealer kills himself after insurance won’t cover … damages caused by the riots.”

By Eric Litke • September 11, 2020
Viral image
stated on August 27, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Suggests the alleged Kenosha shooter’s father is a deputy in the Kenosha sheriff’s department.

By Jon Greenberg • August 28, 2020
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stated on July 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Donald Trump tweeted, “WHO Thinks ‘Child Lifes Matter’ Should Be PAINTED In The STREETS OF HOLLYWOOD???”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 13, 2020
Viral image
stated on August 11, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows “Kamala Harris’s parents.”

By Noah Y. Kim • August 12, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on July 15, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Bubba Watson wrote a viral Facebook post about Black Lives Matter.

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 4, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on July 9, 2020 in on social media:

Say that according to the Los Angeles Times, “95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens,” more than two-thirds of all births in Los Angeles County “are to illegal alien Mexicans” on Medicaid, “nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal,” and Nancy Pelosi “wants to put a windfall tax” on retirement fund profits.

By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2020
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stated on July 24, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Kroger stores are charging a “BLM charge.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 24, 2020
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stated on July 18, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Donald Trump tweeted that the Confederate flag is “a symbol of LOVE!! Plantations kept black people employed and gave them free food and housing!!! Black unemployment was VERY low back then like now with ME as your President!!”

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 20, 2020
Bloggers
stated on July 1, 2020 in a story:

Says John Elway told NFL players “Kneel on my field and you’re fired on the spot.”

By Samantha Putterman • July 2, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on June 17, 2020 in an interview with the Wall Street Journal:

Says before he planned a rally on June 19 “nobody had ever heard of” Juneteenth.

By Jon Greenberg • June 18, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on June 14, 2020 in an image:

“CNN lightened the photo of the man who drove into the protester last night in Seattle.”

By Daniel Funke • June 17, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on May 30, 2020 in a tweet:

During protests outside the White House, Mayor Muriel Bowser "wouldn't let the D.C. Police get involved."

By Bill McCarthy • June 1, 2020

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