Overview

• The Halfway Post’s Dash McIntyre posted the fabricated threat on Aug. 11 under an account explicitly labeled as “true comedy and satire.”
• The viral post gained millions of impressions after high-reach pages, including the U.S. Democratic Socialists Facebook page, reshared it on Aug. 12.
• Snopes, Lead Stories and PinkNews found no credible media reports or app statements confirming any plans to expose closeted Republican officials.
• Searches across major news databases yielded no corroborating coverage, underscoring the absence of evidence behind the claim.
• Former clerk Kim Davis’s petition asking the Supreme Court to revisit Obergefell v. Hodges remains a separate legal development.