“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted on X that on Jan. 20, “I will be banning all consumption of Diet Coke in the United States.”
Social media posts
in a post. Claim dated 8 Dec 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Department of Health and Human Services secretary, did not post on X vowing to ban Diet Coke. The post came from an X account parodying Kennedy.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 8 December 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 December 2024, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- mvau.lthttps://mvau.lt/media/f5450ead-466c-4aad-8b9c-9d9eed48898f
- mvau.lthttps://mvau.lt/media/f9e578a4-3bca-409f-a1ee-597698331177
- mvau.lthttps://mvau.lt/media/c41694b3-e07e-4227-b76a-2a207ff17469
- Threads posthttps://www.threads.net/@dream.foramerica/post/DDODtdDug8J
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