“Says Troy Nehls “called wearing masks 'un-American' and called those who do 'communists.”
Sri Preston Kulkarni
Democratic candidate for U.S. House from Texas. An ad. Claim dated 23 Oct 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Commenting on a mask mandate, Nehls made references to un-American and communist dictators. Nehls did not say mask wearing is un-American and did not say people who wear masks are communists.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Sri Preston Kulkarni (Democratic candidate for U.S. House from Texas) made this claim around 23 October 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 27 October 2020, 4 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
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