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On July 9, 2019, Taters Gonna Tate published an article positing that U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., had announced a new law banning the recital of the Pledge of Allegiance in the state of Michigan. This item was not a factual recounting of real-life events. The article originated with a website that describes its output as being humorous or satirical in nature, as follows: Tatersgonnatate.com is a subsidiary of the America’s Last Line of Defense [ALLOD] network of parody, satire, and tomfoolery ... Everything on this website is fiction. It is not a lie and it is not fake news because it is not real. If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined. Any similarities between this site’s pure fantasy and actual people, places, and events are purely coincidental and all images should be considered altered and satirical. In early 2020, Snopes received multiple inquiries about the six month-old article after ALLOD re-shared it on Facebook on Jan. 3. Although the article featured a satire label, some readers understood its contents to be accurate and authentic, as shown in several earnest condemnations of Tlaib published under the January 2020 Facebook post: For background, here is why we sometimes write about satire/humor.
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