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“Barack Obama is the first former president to publicly criticize a successor”
Social media posts Claim dated 26 May 2019.
USA TODAY rated thisFalse

In short

This claim spread on social media around 26 May 2019. USA TODAY (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 October 2020, 507 days later. Its rating was “False”.

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