“Former President Barack Obama “removed 500,000 pedophiles from background check database.”
Social media posts
Instagram post. Claim dated 27 Jul 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
This claim misrepresented a 2017 Washington Post report on "fugitives from justice" being purged from the background check database for gun purchases. The report did not specify that the people removed were pedophiles.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 27 July 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 3 August 2023, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CvOSWLNNPk_/
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