“Reuters reported that “White House employee Andrew Bates did use Nazi symbolism in a recent tweet.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 8 Aug 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Reuters Fact Check did not report that a White House staffer used a Nazi symbol in a tweet. Images purporting to show a screenshot of such an article are fake.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 8 August 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 August 2022, 11 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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