Claim: Viral photos and video show two Missouri state senators, both Republicans, burning books with flamethrowers. Rating: About this rating Miscaptioned Context The pictures and video show two Republican state senators incinerating a pile of empty boxes they said symbolized "the woke liberal agenda" at the 2023 St. Charles GOP Freedom Fest. The flamethrowers were auctioned off to attendees. On or around Sept. 16, 2023, photographs and videos purportedly showing two Republican politicians from Missouri burning a pile of books with flamethrowers incited waves of anger and outrage on social media: (@realJonRiley/X) In the video, people can be heard cheering,...