GET ME REWRITE: Apparently, Vicki McKenna is not a functioning adult

 

Headline:  Op-ed by Michelle Goldberg in New York Times (4/4/2022)

Part of the answer is surely social media. As The Associated Press reported, the rumor, a mockery of transgender identification, has persisted in a Facebook group called Protect Nebraska Children. The same rumor has cropped up in Iowa, where a school superintendent had to send out a letter to students and parents debunking it; in Michigan, where a parent brought it up at a school board meeting; and in Wisconsin, where it was spread by a conservative radio host.