These Republican State Senators are not burning books, quite yet
22 September 2023 |
12:12 pm
A viral video that has been viewed millions of times shows two Republican state senators supposedly burning books in Missouri. It could seem credible, in a US state that has begun banning books deemed inappropriate from school and libraries. However, it’s not actually books being burnt, as we explain in this edition of Truth or Fake.
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