“Virginia Democrats Push Legislation to Make Criticism of Government Officials a Criminal Offense.”
Social media posts
An article shared on Facebook. Claim dated 22 Jan 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
In short
This claim spread on social media around 22 January 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 January 2020, 7 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Where the claim appeared
- bigleaguepolitics.comhttps://bigleaguepolitics.com/virginia-democrats-push-legislation-to-make-criticism-of-go…
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