“Joan Rivers was killed for revealing that Barack Obama is gay and Michelle Obama is transgender.”
Social media posts
in a post. Claim dated 19 Jan 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
The late Joan Rivers’ claim about former First Lady Michelle Obama was wrong — Obama is not transgender.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 19 January 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 February 2023, 34 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Where the claim appeared
- hollywoodreporter.comhttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/joan-rivers-calls-president-obama-716…
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