Gavin Newsom Slapped with Community Note After Pushing False Gay ‘Ban’ Narrative
Gavin Newsom has been fact-checked.
The California governor falsely claimed on social media that a “city in Tennessee has banned being gay in public.”
“We have to call this out,” Newsom wrote.
A city in Tennessee has banned being gay in public.
This is just the beginning. We have to call this out. https://t.co/0G1i7dKTgp
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) November 16, 2023
However, it wasn’t long before the Community Notes feature, which allows users of the social media platform X to correct factually wrong information as a collective, poured cold water over Newsom’s claims.
“The ordinance did not ban homosexuality, it banned indecent behavior,” read the Community Note,
