“Douglass Mackey was convicted “because he made a meme in the 2016 election.”
What PolitiFact found
In March, a federal jury convicted Douglass Mackey, a Florida social media influencer, for participating in a conspiracy to deprive people of their constitutional right to vote — not simply because he created a meme.
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In short
Charlie Kirk (Founder and president of Turning Point USA) made this claim around 2 August 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 August 2023, 7 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Charlie Kirk has 15 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 8 of them false or fake, 7 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1045349226842102
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