“A sheriff's deputy in a Georgia county "told a family that local White Supremacists/ KKK members originating out of Lexington, NC, are planning to attack from now until the Inauguration.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 1 Nov 2024.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
The county sheriff’s office said it had “not received any information indicating threats to any group(s) on or after election day.”
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 November 2024. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 November 2024, 4 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.is/vBqUZ
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