“A Republican politician is trying to legalise cousin incest.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 17 Jan 2024.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
A state Rep. proposed changing Kentucky’s incest law to ban “sexual contact,” but says he accidentally struck “first cousins” from the list of illegal relationships. Posts wrongly claimed he wanted to legalize incest.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 17 January 2024. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 January 2024, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
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