“Photo shows a copycat ‘QAnon shaman’ at attack on Brazil’s capital.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 9 Jan 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The image wasn’t taken during the Jan. 8, 2023, attack on Brazil’s congress. The photo is from a September 2021 rally in São Paulo.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 January 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 January 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
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