“Tennis star Serena Williams wrote that she’s “sick of COVID-19. I’m sick of black vs. white. I’m sick of Democrats vs. Republicans. I’m sick of gay vs. straight. I’m sick of Christians vs atheists. I’m REALLY sick of the media.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 24 Jun 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Someone took a post from a person named Serena Williams and manipulated the image slightly to make it appear as though it came from the tennis superstar of the same name.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 24 June 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 June 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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