“President Joe Biden’s comments about Texas homes are evidence that homes of a certain color are spared from wildfires.”
Social media posts
in an Instagram post. Claim dated 29 Feb 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The clip takes President Joe Biden’s remarks about the Texas wildfires out of context. Biden was talking about homes being up to code. The conspiracy theory that fires spare structures colored blue is unfounded.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 29 February 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 1 March 2024, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/reel/C387yf0vvMB/
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