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The Daily Caller on Tuesday retracted an article claiming that the Biden White House banned “religious Easter eggs from” an art contest at the annual Easter Egg Roll.
The claim had spread through right-wing media, even though it was quickly and widely debunked by various stories and anyone familiar with the history of the event.
“The Biden administration banned children from submitting Easter eggs with religious themes for its 2024 ‘Celebrating National Guard Families’ art contest,” read the lede from Julianna Frieman’s now-retracted report in the Caller, a hardright publication co-founded by Tucker Carlson.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) shared the headline over the weekend and wrote,…
