“Says a picture of stacked mailboxes is proof of voter suppression in Wisconsin”
Social media posts
a tweet. Claim dated 15 Aug 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The picture was taken at Hartford Finishing, which has a contract with USPS to refinish or destroy old mailboxes. The boxes were either removed from little-used locations or replaced with new boxes due to their condition
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 15 August 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 August 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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