CNN published an article headlined: “Harris and Walz pledges free Costco membership for all SNAP recipients”.
False. This headline has not been published by CNN, and there’s no evidence it’s true. It appears to be an altered screenshot of a genuine CNN article with a different headline.
An edited screenshot of a CNN article featuring US Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz is circulating online.
The screenshot appears to show an article on the politics page of the CNN website with the headline: “Harris and Walz pledges [sic] free Costco membership for all SNAP recipients”, and features a photo of them on a stage at Temple University in Philadelphia earlier this month.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme (SNAP)—sometimes referred to as food stamps—provides food benefits to low-income families in the US. In 2023, 42.1 million people per month on average, or 12.6% of US residents, were on SNAP.
However, CNN has not published an article with this headline, and Full Fact could find no credible sources reporting on any such pledge involving free Costco membership for SNAP recipients. Similarly there’s no such announcement on Costco’s website.
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