“Charlie Kirk X post about iPhone storage reveals his top app is Grindr.”
Social media posts
Threads. Claim dated 27 Aug 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
Conservative commentator Charlie Kirk didn’t share an X post that revealed he uses the gay dating app Grindr. We found the image of an iPhone user’s storage on a meme generation site. The X post is fake.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 27 August 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 August 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
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