Photo shows a Chinese restaurant sign that says “F--- DeSantis.”
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Chinese restaurant sign attacking DeSantis isn’t real
The Phoenix Koi Chinese restaurant has a pretty good lunch deal if you’ve been vaccinated.
"Lunch: $150 (get 95% off with vacc. card!)," reads the yellow marquee below the restaurant’s sign before administering a different kind of jab to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis: "F*** DeSantis."
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That’s because the sign is fake, and customizable. You can "make your own Chinese restaurant sign" on the website atom.smasher.org.
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We made one. The restaurant is called "PolitiFact," and the marquee is much less hostile to DeSantis. It says: "Fact-checking rules, misinformation drools."
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