Facebook investigates misleading Trump post using Ukraine photo

[highplainsdem]

Source: BBC

Facebook is investigating a post by Donald Trump's official Facebook account that purports to show violence in the US but is in fact of an event in another country.

The advert shows one image of Mr Trump in a calm setting talking to police officers and another of a security official being surrounded by protesters, saying: "Public safety vs chaos and violence".

However, the image is a photo from a pro-democracy protest in Ukraine in 2014.

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The old photo in the advert was picked up by a former Hillary Clinton staffer Jesse Lehrich in tweet that has been widely shared.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53500610

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Lehrich's tweet:

Link to tweet

Business Insider story:


https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-campaign-ad-police-officer-attacked-2014-ukraine-protests-2020-7

[bucolic_frolic]

1. We must figure out where Trump's going with these "anarchists" claims

Trump is the anarchist to everything he touches.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Republicon Senators were found recently to be recycling Russian propaganda. Like so. . . . nt

[Thomas Hurt]

3. I am afraid it is part of a concerted effort to intimidate citizens, restrict voting and...

maybe even an attempt to declare martial law.

The courts need to be all over the secret police spreading out in "Democrat" cities, not next year but in the next month or two.

Oh and the Pig's base are loving this.

[moose65]

4. Par for the course

I've seen a Trump ad a couple of times that talks about "defunding the police" and says something like "And Joe Biden supports this."
Cut to a clip of Biden saying "Yes, absolutely." Completely out of context - we don't know what Biden was talking about.

I hate shit like that.

[mdelaguna]

5. O.m.g.

Horrible, yet so great some citizen called them out!

[BillyBobBrilliant]

6. What a bunch of

Fucking Amateurs.

[DallasNE]

7. They Are Dressed In Winter Coats

In that photo so it is even an amateurish effort. No wonder everything is falling apart. You can't fix stupid.