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Fact Check: Ilhan Omar Did Not Suggest ‘All White Men Should Be Put in Chains’

By Holmes Lybrand
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Fact Check: Ilhan Omar Did Not Suggest ‘All White Men Should Be Put in Chains’

Like cockroaches after a nuclear blast so too do fake quotes, sealed forever in meme form, survive a fact-checker’s rating.

An edited version of the Time magazine cover of now-Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar continues to circulate (after being checked by PolitiFact and Snopes) on Facebook with a fake quote pasted over the issue’s title. “Well, Minnesota, now you know how Ilhan Omar really feels. If she wins reelection in 2 yrs, you’re idiots” one user said in his post of the image.

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