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“The Transportation Security Administration spent “a couple hundred million dollars” on gender-neutral screening technology.”
Social media posts in a post. Claim dated 27 Jan 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse

What PolitiFact found

The Transportation Security Administration spent $18.6 million on gender-neutral screening technology, not "hundreds of millions," as a video claimed.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 27 January 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 February 2023, 26 days later. Its rating was “False”.

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