{"id":2291263,"date":"2024-07-09T14:53:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T18:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-nigel-farage-did-not-say-he-couldnt-give-a-damn-about-the-black-community\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T14:54:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T18:54:47","slug":"fact-check-no-nigel-farage-did-not-say-he-couldnt-give-a-damn-about-the-black-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-nigel-farage-did-not-say-he-couldnt-give-a-damn-about-the-black-community\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: No, Nigel Farage Did Not Say He \u2018Couldn\u2019t Give A Damn\u2019 About The Black Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-no-nigel-farage-did-not-say-he-couldnt-give-a-damn-about-the-black-community%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2291263&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-calls-for-healing-reconciliation\/\" title=\"President Trump calls for healing, reconciliation\">video shared<\/a> \u200don Facebook allegedly shows British MP Nigel Farage saying he \u201ccouldn\u2019t give a damn\u201d about the Black community. However, the video has been edited to cut out the rest of Farage\u2019s \u200bstatement. In the \u2063full video, Farage actually says that he \u201cdoesn\u2019t give a damn\u201d about one\u2019s race or\u2063 sexuality, but \u200bbelieves people should be judged by their character instead. \u2063Farage&#8217;s Reform UK party \u200bhas won over four million votes, earning him a seat in Parliament, where he has promised to &#8220;change politics forever.&#8221; The Facebook video in\u200b question shows Farage addressing someone off \u200bcamera, where he \u2063appears to dismiss any care \u200dfor the Black community. It is important to note that the full \u200bcontext of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-the-hells-going-on-ted-cruz-roasted-for-claiming-january-6-was-a-violent-terrorist-attack\/\" title=\"&#039;What the Hell\u2019s Going On&#039;: Ted Cruz Roasted for Claiming January 6 Was a &#039;Violent Terrorist Attack&#039;\">statement shows<\/a> a different meaning. To view the \u200bfull video, it can be found \u200bon YouTube.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p><span>A video <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lateefa.majid.5\/posts\/491711723348230\/\"><span>shared on Facebook<\/span><\/a><span>  allegedly shows British MP Nigel Farage saying he \u201ccouldn\u2019t give a damn\u201d about the Black community. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: Misleading<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This video has cut out the rest of Farage\u2019s statement. In full, Farage says that he \u201cdoesn\u2019t give a damn\u201d about one\u2019s race or sexuality, but says people will be judged by their character instead.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Farage\u2019s Reform UK party won over four million votes, which has granted him a seat in Parliament, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c3gw83w8xg9o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC<\/a>. Upon his win, he promised to \u201cchange politics forever,\u201d the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>A Facebook video allegedly shows Farage expressing a lack of care for the Black community. In the video, the British MP is sitting in front of the country\u2019s flag and addressing someone off camera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I was going to do for the Black community?\u201d Farage appears to say in the video. \u201cDo you know what I said? Nothing, absolutely nothing. I couldn\u2019t give a damn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>The clip has cropped out the rest of Farage\u2019s statement, which conveys a very different meeting. The full video can be seen in a July 3 video on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=al0yjeXj8d4&#038;t=2519s\"><span>YouTube<\/span><\/a><span>  with Farage\u2019s statement beginning around the 41:59 timestamp. In full, he says, \u201cI couldn\u2019t give a damn whether you\u2019re black or white, whether you\u2019re gay or straight. I really don\u2019t care. You\u2019ll be judged by your character, you\u2019ll be judged by your ability, you\u2019ll be judged by are you a contributor to society or a \u2018taker out.\u2019\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/al0yjeXj8d4?si=4HjwdnNqpWYpqVFj&#038;start=2509\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span>There are no <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?sca_esv=04aa412ff406bf20&#038;rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1076US1076&#038;sxsrf=ADLYWILRX6aaicSA0Yq1CPjqUsvx8tCSBw:1720458469385&#038;q=nigel+farage+says+he+couldn%27t+give+a+damn+about+the+black+community&#038;tbm=nws&#038;source=lnms&#038;fbs=AEQNm0Aa4sjWe7Rqy32pFwRj0UkWZJPk1C9buWu--tLPKEpSxLqGfZiWMqdk6VF37sVUbkfuZLTj2oNC7EnrW0kOrs5_yzXFS7PD2zj-5Cc29Wnj5IzUaHojAIdqyC1HLwD4s3t6yQTN3GWiMOqP8qmSGPrM-HvbeP0BNRK8Wqte9HmotWM1zQEo4dCAawyxemAaFagOZxAL5y9hRm7COvNj7qslVUA19g&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=2ahUKEwi8j6yf95eHAxV_L9AFHSFyAIMQ0pQJegQIDBAB&#038;biw=1920&#038;bih=911\"><span>credible news reports<\/span><\/a><span>  about him saying he \u201ccouldn\u2019t give a damn\u201d about the Black community.  <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2023\/07\/05\/fact-check-guardian-british-politician-russian-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did The Guardian Claim A Former British Politician Won An Award With Russian Money?)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Farage\u2019s platform is based partly around promises of an income tax threshold, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sinema-and-gonzales-to-visit-arizona-border-as-congress-stalls-on-immigration-reform\/\" title=\"Sinema and Gonzales to visit Arizona border as Congress stalls on immigration reform\">immigration tax<\/a> for employers and a migration quota, but he also has plans to increase police presence and suppress welfare, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/0\/reform-uk-manifesto-richard-tice-key-policies-glance\/#constitution-and-cultureundefined\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Telegraph<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span>Check Your Fact reached out to a Farage spokesperson for comment and will update this piece accordingly if one is received.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video circulating on Facebook appears to show British MP Nigel Farage saying he doesn&#8217;t care about the Black community. However, the video has been edited to remove the context of his full statement. In reality, Farage expressed that he doesn&#8217;t care about race or sexuality, but rather judges people based on their character and contributions to society. There is no credible evidence to support the claim that Farage made derogatory remarks about the Black community. Farage&#8217;s political platform includes proposals for tax reform, immigration policies, and law enforcement measures<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":613,"featured_media":2291264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2159970376-scaled-e1720468685625.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7380,34390,13420,32382,5894],"class_list":["post-2291263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-misinformation","tag-black-community","tag-fact-check","tag-nigel-farage","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2159970376-scaled-e1720468685625.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2291263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2291264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2291263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2291263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2291263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}