A round of applause for Venus Williams for “refusing to play a trans woman” is Not at all true: The claim came from a story on a funny website that is part of a small group of them. This news network’s Facebook page says, “Nothing on this page is real.”
It was said in a Facebook post on October 2, 2023. It started:
Way to go, Venus!
The post had a picture of two tennis players and words below it that said:
VENUS WILLIAMS GETS A STANDING OVATION FOR REFUSING TO PLAY A TRANS WOMAN
‘I’m not playing a guy’
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This is how the Facebook post looked when it was written:
This post was made by a user called “America — Love It or Leave It.” It had a link to conservativetears.com, which is where the picture and title came from. Christopher Blair made and ran a funny network called America’s Last Line of Defense, which includes this Facebook page and story.
The Facebook post’s title said it all: “Venus Williams Gets a Standing Ovation For Refusing to Play a Trans Woman.” The title of the story that was linked to said the same thing:
Venus Williams has played tennis for a very long time. Serena and her sister have won more matches together than any other sister pair in sports history.
It was a big deal for Venus when she said she wouldn’t play a match against France’s Joe “Josepheena” LaBarron.
The shot on the left doesn’t show Venus Williams. Her sister Serena Williams is getting cheers after making it to the third round of the 2022 U.S. Open.
Amélie Mauresmo is the tennis player on the right in the post picture. She is the first French tennis player to ever be ranked number one in the world. She says she’s a straight woman.
Lead Stories got in touch with the news company that writes about Venus Williams. They will change this fact check when they get back to them.
America’s Last Line of Defense (ALLOD) is the name of Blair’s fake news sites. ALLOD includes both Conservative Tears and the America Love It or Leave It social media account. The page’s title says “This page is fake.”
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