by a conservative Twitter account, the false claim has stubbornly persisted that school districts are providing litter boxes for students who identify as cats or furries. Republican politicians and right-wing figures with large followings kept the claim alive, often repeating stories they’d ...
In 2022,NBC identifiedat least 20 conservative candidates and elected officials who repeated that claim, along with conservative influencers including Joe Rogan—despite no evidence that any school, anywhere, had placed litter boxes in their classroom. (Roganeventually backtrackedon his claim). The o...