{"id":1572169,"date":"2022-07-26T17:06:58","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T21:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1572169"},"modified":"2022-07-26T17:23:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T21:23:05","slug":"fact-check-no-michelle-obamas-mother-did-not-die-in-july-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-michelle-obamas-mother-did-not-die-in-july-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: No, Michelle Obama\u2019s Mother Did Not Die In July 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-no-michelle-obamas-mother-did-not-die-in-july-2022%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1572169&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2016-10-11T000000Z_1622628610_D1AEUGKFOVAB_RTRMADP_3_USA-OBAMA-MICHELLE-scaled-e1658771936368.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>A post <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/anthony.t.costanza\/posts\/pfbid02tKBEJaM2ZTDUaX5MmE4rgA2oawFJ553g1L3X3YiQuyu8zQprsyJVeGenY4dUEjATl\"><span>shared on Facebook<\/span><\/a><span> claims former first lady Michelle Obama\u2019s mother recently died.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence to suggest that Obama\u2019s mother has died. The claim stems from a satirical website.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The former first lady recently announced that she will have a new book out this Fall titled \u201cThe Light We Carry\u201d that draws on her experience \u201cas a mother, daughter, spouse, friend and first lady,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/michelle-obama-new-book-fall-light-we-carry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox News<\/a>. Now, a Facebook post alleges her mother recently passed away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichelle Obama\u2019s mother Mary Robinson recently died,\u201d reads the post. \u201cIn her Will she left all possessions to \u2018my son Michael Robinson Obama.\u201d <span><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/06\/21\/fact-check-michelle-obama-martha-karua-portrait\/\"><b>(RELATED: Does This Clip Show Michelle Obama Unveiling Kenyan Deputy Presidential Candidate Martha Karua\u2019s Portrait?)<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This claim is inaccurate. Obama\u2019s mother is named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obama.org\/updates\/honoring-marian-robinson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marian Robinson<\/a>, not \u201cMary Robinson,\u201d and there is no indication that she has died. There are no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Marian+Robinson&#038;source=lnms&#038;tbm=nws&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=2ahUKEwi9p9_CwpT5AhWGM1kFHVptBqUQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&#038;biw=1536&#038;bih=664&#038;dpr=1.25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credible news reports<\/a> about her alleged death nor is there any announcement about it on the Office of Barack and Michelle Obama\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/barackobama.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The second half of the Facebook post appears to allude to a debunked conspiracy theory that alleges Obama is a transgender man named Michael. The claim has been debunked <span>by multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2020\/oct\/31\/facebook-posts\/no-michelle-obama-not-transgender-woman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/africacheck.org\/fact-checks\/meta-programme-fact-checks\/michelle-obama-was-once-michael-no-old-photo-altered\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">outlets<\/a>, including <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/10\/13\/fact-check-chelsea-clinton-tweet-barack-obama-married-transgender-woman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check Your Fact<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Facebook claim appears to stem from a 2019 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/obamatrackers.com\/even-as-a-man-shes-prettier-than-you-meemaw\/?fbclid=IwAR3u3x8OQpxIUyxcNmyCvYVNgeJwMs_VdsCmmlKQ8IKI6WKoH7klMIAHryQ\"><span>article<\/span><\/a><span> published by the satirical website \u201cObama Trackers.\u201d The site includes a <a href=\"https:\/\/obamawatcher.com\/sample-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">disclaimer<\/a> that states, \u201cEverything on this website is fiction.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time misinformation has spread online about the former first lady. Check Your Fact previously <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/04\/24\/fact-check-michelle-obama-call-donald-trump-dumbest-president-history-oprah-winfrey-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> a claim that she called former President Donald Trump the \u201cdumbest president in United States history\u201d in an interview with Oprah Winfrey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This claim stems from a satirical website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":613,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1572169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1572169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1572169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1572169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1572169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1572169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}