“Miami-Dade County “banned” the poem read at the 2020 presidential inauguration by Amanda Gorman in all its elementary schools.”
Social media posts
United States. Claim dated 5 Jun 2023.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
One K-8 school in Florida restricted access to the poem following a parent’s complaint, moving the book to a library shelf for upper-grade students only.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 5 June 2023. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 June 2023. Its rating was “False”.
One other organisation checked what looks like the same claim. Their ratings are listed below.
Also checked by
- PolitiFact: Mostly False“Miami-Dade County has banned” Amanda Gorman’s poem “from elementary schools.”
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CstDDtOOSLU/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=9732ab25-69b7-4934-9e…
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