“We have more African Americans under criminal supervision today than all the slaves in 1850.”
Cory Booker
Senator (D-N.J.). in the third Democratic primary debate, Houston. Claim dated 12 Sep 2019.
Washington Post rated thisFalse
In short
Cory Booker (Senator (D-N.J.)) made this claim around 12 September 2019. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 September 2019, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
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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