Friday, March 29, 2024

No, Pres. Obama Is NOT Giving $1000 to Everyone on Food Stamps

US President Barack Obama waves as he walks out from the White House in Washington,DC before his departure for the North American Leaders Summit in Ottawa on June 29, 2016. / AFP / YURI GRIPAS
US President Barack Obama waves as he walks out from the White House in Washington,DC before his departure for the North American Leaders Summit in Ottawa on June 29, 2016.

*Someone on Facebook started a rumor that claimed President Barack Obama is giving away a thousand dollars to everyone on food stamps.

However, “This rumor is 100% false,” the Louisiana Department of Children & Family Services said on its website this week after it was inundated with inquiries.

The rumor was so stubborn that it splintered into various versions, all circulating on FB. One claimed Obama would give $1,000 in nutrition assistance benefits if they called a number on the back of the debit cards used to distribute the aid.

Snopes.com, a website that dispels rumors, urban legends, email chain letters and fake news stories, was flooded with emails last week asking if the rumor was true.

Via Huffington Post:

Snopes writer Kim LaCapria said this particular rumor is unusual in that it seemed to have spread organically on Facebook without having been initially made up by a fake news website. Snopes has previously debunked fake news stories claiming that everyone on welfare will get a free car and that Obama had signed legislation allowing people to use food stamps for alcohol and cigarettes.

“Fake news websites know that if they say ‘food stamps’ people will pass it around,” LaCapria said. “It’s a guaranteed viral thing.”

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