Michelle Obama is a woman (2024)

Using logic we couldn’t quite follow, a recent Facebook post suggests that a fact-check is evidence that former first lady Michelle Obama is a man.

"OH NO!" reads text over a video about the fact-check, which debunks the authenticity of supposed Obama photos. "Proof Dems know about Michelle Obama!! Response to Snopes pics."

A Sept. 26 Facebook post sharing the video wrote: "She’s a he."

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The post refers to a Sept. 22 Snopes fact-check of claims that newly released images showed Obama pregnant.

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The pictures are clearly fabricated. The face looks different from one image to the next —and doesn’t resemble Obama — and in one of the images, a hand has six fingers.

So, how is this proof corroborating the longtime unfounded claim that Obama is a man?

It’s unclear from the post.

And it’s untrue.

We rate this claim Pants on Fire!

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