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Who was this Posted by on Social Media Site on what Date?
Karen Hendricks, January 25, 2026 Facebook."According to the news tonight, Trump won’t go to the Super Bowl because he doesn’t respect the musical performers for their gender identity. It is clear that none of the actual scientists in the Department of Health and Human Services have been allowed to tell him there are now 74 identified gender categories.— not two. That is presuming that the real scientists have not been terminated because they study the genome data.
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Using the SIFT Method and targeted research of verified reports from 2026, I have analyzed the claims made in the January 25, 2026, post by Karen Hendricks.
VERDICT: MISLEADING
CONFIDENCE: 95%
SUMMARY
While President Trump did confirm he would not attend Super Bowl LX (held February 8, 2026, in Santa Clara), his stated reasons were geographical ("too far away") and political distaste for the specific performers (Bad Bunny and Green Day), rather than a specific protest against "gender identity." Furthermore, while the Trump administration has notably purged gender-related data from the HHS website and terminated thousands of HHS/NIH employees (including the head of the National Human Genome Research Institute), there is no scientific or agency-recognized consensus on "74 identified gender categories."
FACT CHECK DETAILS
Claim 1: Trump won’t go to the Super Bowl because of performers' gender identity.
Status: MISLEADING.
Analysis: In an interview with the New York Post (Jan 26, 2026), Trump stated he was skipping the game primarily because "it's just too far away." He did attack the performers, Bad Bunny and Green Day, calling them a "terrible choice," but his criticism focused on their past political opposition to him rather than their gender identity.
Claim 2: HHS scientists are not allowed to say there are 74 gender categories.
Status: FALSE.
Analysis: There is no evidence that "74 gender categories" is a standard scientific figure used by HHS or genome researchers. Under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., HHS has moved toward a strict biological definition of sex, releasing a report on November 19, 2025, that discredited pediatric gender-affirming care.
Claim 3: Scientists have been terminated for studying genome data.
Status: PARTIALLY TRUE (Context Dependent).
Analysis: Mass terminations did occur at HHS and NIH in early 2025. Specifically, the Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute was among those removed. However, these cuts were part of a broader "war on public health" and administrative restructuring rather than a specific ban on genome research itself.
SOURCES
New York Post / Fox Sports: Why Trump is skipping the Super Bowl (Jan 26, 2026)
HHS.gov: HHS Releases Report Discrediting Pediatric Sex-Rejecting Procedures (Nov 19, 2025)
World Socialist Web Site: Mass firings at HHS signal next phase in Trump-Kennedy war (April 2, 2025)
Billboard Canada: Trump Berates Bad Bunny and Green Day (Jan 24, 2026)
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[TAG: Verified] [TOPIC: Super Bowl / HHS Personnel] [DATE: 2026-04-14]
*Posted by Karen Hendricks on Facebook on January 25, 2026