Snopes Debunker - Josh Mandel's campaign ad, the rumored U.S. meat ban, and Trump's "greatest achievement" quote

​ THURSDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker April 7, 2022 No Joke — Snopes Has Big Plans for 2022 Help us make the web a more fact-filled place.  Learn More Today: Josh Mandel's campaign ad, the rumored U.S. meat ban, and Trump's "greatest achievement" quote ​ Did Mandel ‘Forget To Photoshop His Hands’ in Campaign Ad? This month, U.S. Senate candidate Josh Mandel, R-Ohio, released a new campaign ad that featured video footage of him condemning critical race theory while standing on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, the site of a series of civil rights marches during March 1965. While much of the social media chatter around the ad focused on Mandel’s choice of location, (Martin Luther King’s daughter Bernice, among others, criticized the ad), other social media users promoted the specious claim that Mandel’s face had been digitally overlaid onto a Black U.S. Marine’s body during a different segment of the ad. Dan Evon reports. Read More Fact Checks and Original Reporting No, the U.S. Isn’t Banning Real Meat An article claiming otherwise was an April Fools' joke. Read Story. Did Woman in Swastika Shirt Give Nazi Salute at Trump Rally? Some elements of this photograph are genuine, but it has little to do with Trump. Read Story. Did Trump Say ‘Some People Say My Greatest Achievement’ Was Developing COVID-19 Vaccine? The former president dabbled in both COVID-19 skepticism and taking credit for the vaccine. Read Story. View Latest Fact Checks Become a Member We know you count on Snopes to provide the unvarnished truth, and it’s our mission to deliver the facts – without fear or favor. As the internet’s oldest fact-checking website, we have become an indispensable resource to people around the world. Thanks to the generous support of our members, we're able to do so independently, without being reliant on a single donor or foundation.  Join Now News US: 2 Posed As Agents, Gave Gifts to Secret Service Officers Federal prosecutors charged two men they say were posing as federal agents, giving free apartments and other gifts to U.S. Secret Service agents, including one who worked on the first lady’s security detail. Read More Six-Days-A-Week Mail Delivery Saved; Biden Signs Postal Bill The legislation cleared Congress last month after fully a dozen years of discussion that took on a new sense of urgency amid widespread complaints about mail service delays. Read More Mariupol’s Dead Put at 5,000 As Ukraine Braces in the East Ukrainian authorities also continued gathering up the dead in shattered towns outside the capital. Read More

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