Shared thousands of times by users on social media, a meme makes a series of allegations about U.S. President Barack Obama. Presenting its claims as “facts”, the meme contains a series of fabricated, false claims about the 44th president of the United States, mixed with opinion. The latter are out of the scope of this check.
The lengthy text on the meme starts with the legend “Let’s not mince words. These are facts.” A post made in 2018 and still being shared here has over 12,930 shares on Facebook. Recent posts are visible here and here .
“BIGAMOUS MARRIAGE, FATHER LEFT”
The claims present, in a disparaging way mixed with opinion, that Obama’s father was already married prior to his union with Obama’s mother, and that he left his son…
— to www.reuters.com
