“There is a direct connection between discriminatory policies within the USDA and the enormous land loss we have seen among Black farmers over the past century.”
Cory Booker
U.S. Senator. in a statement. Claim dated 9 Feb 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisTrue
What PolitiFact found
Booker’s claim is supported by findings in USDA reports, legal settlements between the department and Black farmers and expert opinion.
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In short
Cory Booker (U.S. Senator) made this claim around 9 February 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 February 2021, 13 days later. Its rating was “True”.
Cory Booker has 8 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 3 true.
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