“Mike Pence pretending to carry a big box of PPEs into a hospital is the perfect metaphor for who he is and what he's doing: a big box of nothing, delivering another box of nothing.”
Jimmy Kimmel
comedian. on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Claim dated 7 May 2020.
Washington Post rated thisFalse
What Washington Post found
Kimmel presented a clip that left out the fact that Vice President Pence was joking.
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In short
Jimmy Kimmel (comedian) made this claim around 7 May 2020. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 8 May 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/08/jimmy-kimmels-false-claim-that-pence-c…
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