“Under threat of having their licenses revoked, gay teachers have been forced to take down pictures of their spouses from their desks and censor their classroom materials.”
Karine Jean-Pierre
White House press secretary. at the daily media briefing. Claim dated 20 Apr 2023.
Washington Post rated thisTwo Pinocchios
What Washington Post found
The law does not specifically ban photos but teachers say it has had chilling effect
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Karine Jean-Pierre (White House press secretary) made this claim around 20 April 2023. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 April 2023, 5 days later. Its rating was “Two Pinocchios”.
Karine Jean-Pierre has 4 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2023/04/20/press-briefing-by-pre…
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