A video circulating on Facebook claims to show Assistant Health Secretary Rachel Levine performing a pagan chant in the forest. However, the video is a deepfake where Levine’s face was edited onto a video of Selena Fox, a high priestess and senior minister at a nature spirituality church in Wisconsin. Fox confirmed that the altered video was based on her original footage celebrating the autumnal equinox. She also clarified on social media that the video does not feature Rachel Levine but was manipulated to make it appear so. Levine has been a target of online misinformation and disparaging comments throughout her career, but this particular video linking her to a pagan ritual is fabricated. The original footage of Fox performing the equinox ritual was shared on Instagram, and she has publicly debunked the false claim that she is Levine. Fact-check sources confirm that the video is indeed a deepfake and that Levine was not involved in the ritual shown. Overall, the claim that Rachel Levine is performing a pagan chant in the video is inaccurate and has been debunked by various fact-checkers and the original source of the footage, Selena Fox.
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