“Sen. Josh Hawley told professor, “I will not use your pronouns.”
Social media posts
a Facebook post. Claim dated 22 Jan 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
This video shows neither Sen. Josh Hawley refusing to use a University of California, Berkeley professor’s pronouns, nor her asking him to do so.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 22 January 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 January 2023, 4 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=6065441193513161
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