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Congress woman brings up ‘chemtrail’ theory unprompted and how she plans to ban them

  • Nancy Mace, a congresswoman, has pledged to ban "chemtrails" if elected as South Carolina's next governor.
  • She made the remark unprompted during a town hall event on 6 August, after an audience question about fluoride in drinking water.
  • "Chemtrails" refer to a long-running conspiracy theory that aircraft condensation trails are actually biological agents dispersed by the government.
  • Mace announced her candidacy for governor earlier in the week.

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