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Omar Didn’t Propose ‘Nationwide Ban’ on Bacon

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Rep. Ilhan Omar is not proposing a nationwide ban on “unhealthy and immoral” bacon. A self-described “satire” website published that made-up story, and it has since been shared by other websites that did not label the claim “satire.” 


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