“Video shows Tim Walz “falsely claims that being gay in Nebraska is ‘illegal’”
Social media posts
in a post. Claim dated 9 Sep 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Walz said "as a kid, growing up in Nebraska, being gay was illegal, still technically illegal." Social media posts omitted that in his next sentence, he made clear he was referring to the laws of the past.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 September 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 September 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/C_tP_OZuhI0/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_video_wat…
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