“Photo shows President Barack Obama posing with a 420 sign.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 20 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
The image was digitally altered. The original photograph was taken in Alaska in 2015 and shows that the sign’s number is 1961, not 420.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 April 2021, 366 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
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