“As a parent it’s tough to catch everything. So when my son showed me his reading assignment, my heart sunk. It was some of the most explicit material you can imagine.”
Laura Murphy
Mother and activist. in a campaign ad for Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin. Claim dated 25 Oct 2021.
Washington Post rated thisLacks context
What Washington Post found
The "child" was a high school senior in an AP class.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Laura Murphy (Mother and activist) made this claim around 25 October 2021. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 27 October 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “Lacks context”.
Where the claim appeared
- wapo.sthttps://wapo.st/3EnVqTX
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