“The federal government has just declared a major food shortage emergency" in six states.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 8 Aug 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The federal government did not declare a "food shortage emergency," despite a claim by a YouTuber user who makes frequent allegations about emergencies.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 8 August 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 August 2023, 14 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://ghostarchive.org/archive/lCzMU
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