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NewsGuard’s “False Claim of the Week” highlights a claim from NewsGuard’s False Claim Fingerprints, a proprietary database of provably false claims and their debunks. This week’s claim is that 300,000 immigrants without legal status receive Medicaid in Virginia. It is NewsGuard’s “False Claim of the Week” due to its widespread appearance across social media platforms and websites, its high engagement levels, and the high-profile nature of the sources promoting it. Those three factors, as well as its significant subject matter and potential for harm, make it our False Claim of the Week.
What’s happening: Conservative websites and social media accounts are claiming that Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger acknowledged that 300,000 undocumented immigrants are receiving Medicaid coverage in her state. In fact, Spanberger was speaking about legal Virginia residents who may lose Medicaid, not illegal immigrants who have Medicaid. Undocumented immigrants are not eligible to receive Medicaid coverage.
Context: At an Aug. 25 press conference, Spanberger said, “The Trump administration and Republicans in Washington have made the largest cuts to Medicaid in the program’s history, threatening...
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