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‘Single Mom’ Promoted By CNN, Cori Bush As Potential Eviction Victim Admits She’s Not Mom Of Three

Ashe Schow
‘Single Mom’ Promoted By CNN, Cori Bush As Potential Eviction Victim Admits She’s Not Mom Of Three
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A “single mom of three” who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars thanks to CNN and Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) admitted on Monday that she was not actually a mom.

Dasha Kelly appeared on CNN last week described as a single mom of three who faced homelessness unless the eviction moratorium was extended. CNN reporter Nick Watt even went to Kelly’s home for a tour while the outlet promoted Kelly’s GoFundMe page raising money to pay her rent. The CNN report repeatedly referred to Kelly as the mother of the three kids: five-year-old Sharron, six-year-old Kia, and five-year-old Imani.

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