Social media accounts are attributing one other pretend quote to actor Kurt Russell.
Former Arizona congressional candidate Josh Barnett shared a put up on Instagram that attributed a quote to Russell claiming “past a shadow of a doubt” that President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win was fraudulent. Barnett ran within the 2022 Republican main to symbolize Arizona’s 1st Congressional District.
The put up, which is a screenshot of a put up on X, learn: “Hollywood Actor Kurt Russell simply mentioned: ‘It’s now confirmed, past a shadow of a doubt that Kamala Harris and Joe Biden CHEATED within the 2020 election with mail-in ballots.’” Barnett captioned the put up, “Truth verify: TRUE.”
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We reviewed information tales, interviews and Russell’s social media accounts and located no proof that Russell ever mentioned that. We contacted a consultant for Russell concerning the declare however didn’t instantly hear again.
It’s not the primary time on-line posts have falsely attributed phrases to Russell or taken them out of context.
We price the declare that Russell mentioned Harris and Biden “cheated” within the 2020 election False.
