(Jewish Group) No, members of Congress don't have automatic dual citizenship with Israel
A long-running online rumor questions the loyalties of dozens of Congress members by saying they have dual citizenship with Israel.
A photo, posted Feb. 17 on the Facebook page "SMALL PEOPLE" AGAINST BIG GOVERNMENT said, "89 of our Senators and Congress hold dual citizenship citizenship (sic) with Israel."
Text accompanying the post says: "Imagine if they were Russian citizens, or Iranian; all hell would break loose. But Israelis in our US Congress? That’s fine, right?"
The story was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)
The post sourced a June 22, 2018, story from Prepare For Change, a conspiracy site that says a massive upheaval of society is imminent. The moderator of that website told us the story’s content was pulled from an article by the Governmental Services Corporation Watch and a post from Reddit’s conspiracy page.
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