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2023-03-24 13:20:34 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

This tweet is part of a death hoax targeting U.S. Sen. John Fetterman. After he checked himself into a hospital for clinical depression in February, social media users erroneously claimed without evidence that he is "brain dead" — when, in reality, he is alive. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/john-fetterman-dead/

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• This tweet is part of a death hoax targeting U.S. Sen. John Fetterman. After he checked himself into a hospital for clinical depression in February, social media users erroneously claimed without evidence that he is "brain dead" — when, in reality, he is alive. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/john-fetterman-dead/