2018.12.06 Voted out of Congress

Snopes mis-fact checks a meme about people "voted out of congress", says it's correct, eventhough many were never in congress. A viral claimed “Everyone with an X has since been voted out of Congress.”, but a few members with an X were never in Congress. Snopes still claimed that the “general idea” of the meme was “correct.” ℹ️ Info           ~ Aristotle Sabouni Created: 2019-01-25

A viral claimed “Everyone with an X has since been voted out of Congress.”, but a few members with an X were never in Congress. Snopes still claimed that the “general idea” of the meme was “correct.”

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Fake News While the term goes back 100 years, the history is summed up well by Sharyl Attkisson.

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