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Jan 8, 2015 · The characters Rue and Thresh — who fight alongside heroine Katniss Everdeen in a government-sponsored reality TV death match — are played by black actors, and fans who'd presumed the characters...
Apr 9, 2012 · Main Menu. U.S. Edition. News U.S. News World News Business Environment Health Coronavirus Social Justice
- The Claim: Trump Said These 28 Racist Things
- What Trump Didn’T Say
- Disputed Comments
- Trump Said That, But It Needs Context
- Yes, He Said That
- Our Rating: Partly False
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Throughout his presidency, Donald Trump has often been criticized for using or peddling racist language. A post on Instagramsuggests those comments have piled up. The post depicts a cartoon drawing of the president, who’s saying, “I’m the least racist person in the room,” a comment he madeat the final presidential debate this month in Nashville. He...
On the list of 28 statements, two were decisively not said by Trump. Eight were paraphrased from similar comments the president made, but he did not say them explicitly. 'White power' There is no record of the president saying “white power.” He did come under fire in June for sharing a video to Twitter in which a Trump supporter was heard shouting ...
For four of the comments listed on the post, there’s not enough evidence to determine whether Trump really said them. 'S---hole countries' During immigration talks in the Oval Office in 2018, Trump reportedly resorted to using crude descriptors for Haiti, El Salvador and some African countries, the Washington Post reported. In the conversation, hel...
Two of the listed comments were indisputably made by Trump. But putting them in context may change the way they’re perceived. 'Look at my African American over there' At one of his 2016 rallies in California, Trump was telling the crowd a story about how one of his Black supporters once beat up a person dressed in a Ku Klux Klan outfit, using it as...
Twelve of the 28 comments attributed to Trump in the meme were said by him explicitly. Here’s a list of each one, written in the same language used by the Instagram post. 'These aren’t people. These are animals.' The president made this comment at a 2018 roundtable about immigration in California. “We have people coming into the country or trying t...
Of the 28 listed comments, Trump made 12 of them as plainly stated. Two he said but they lack context. Four comments are disputed, eight are paraphrased from similar statements he has made and two he did not say. We rate this claim PARTLY FALSE.
USA TODAY, Oct. 23, Debate transcript: Trump, Biden final presidential debate moderated by Kristen WelkerWashington Post, June 29, Trump ‘white power’ tweet set off a scramble inside the White House — but no clear condemnationWashington Post, July 18, 2019, This video shows Trump’s claim that he tried to stop ‘send her back’ chants is utter nonsenseNPR, July 18, 2019, Trump Disavows ‘Send Her Back’ Chant After Pressure From G.O.P.- Politics Reporter
Mar 30, 2012 · In addition to offering object lessons in bad reading comprehension, Hunger Games Tweets—there are now more than two hundred on the blog—illuminated long-standing racial biases and...
Nov 9, 2016 · The Hunger Games has been an oddly recurring, prescient presence in both domestic and foreign politics for the past few years. During the Ferguson protests, protesters scrawled a Hunger Games ...
Mar 28, 2012 · Many of us will have seen the racist tweets of The Hunger Games fandom over the last few days. At the risk of sounding like the veteran with the thousand-yard stare, I wasn't surprised....
Jul 16, 2019 · When President Trump tweeted his racist remarks Sunday, asking why certain Democratic congresswomen don't just "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which...
