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BigDemVoter

(4,708 posts) Sat Jul 13, 2024, 09:00 PM Jul 2024

Anyone notice the photo? [View all]

My friend texted me this, as I wasn't paying attention.

The photo of Cheeto with his fist raised after he got shot? It appears to have been doctored to look like the famous photo from Iwo Jima. . . . There is NO flag & NO sky to be seen but ONLY people in the background. This photo has been cropped to look 'heroic" as the one posted on Don's (the son's) Twitter account now shows flag & secret service.

If I can manage, I'll post the photo.

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Anyone notice the photo? [View all] BigDemVoter Jul 2024 OP

There were no Nazis at Iwo Jima! dchill Jul 2024 #1

Lol! TheProle Jul 2024 #3

But they bombed Pearl Harbor, right? mitch96 Jul 2024 #12

Didn't somebody once opine BOSSHOG Jul 2024 #2

nonsense... the flags were extended over the stage by cranes... WarGamer Jul 2024 #4

Really? BigDemVoter Jul 2024 #5

the photo angle was taken on the level BELOW the podium... pointing up WarGamer Jul 2024 #6

They just edited out the spectators. BigDemVoter Jul 2024 #17

Someone here on DU posted before Trump was there. There was a huge flag. LeftInTX Jul 2024 #8

I saw a huge flag on Fox News behind TSF gab13by13 Jul 2024 #10

here (from CNN, hours ago) it is not 'doctored' Celerity Jul 2024 #24

Don't understand SS letting him expose himself so completely. They should be all over him, taking him back down to emmaverybo Jul 2024 #29

Malcolm Nance went on serious rant ripping the Secret Service breaking multiple protocols Celerity Jul 2024 #30

Look at the footage of when Reagan was shot versus this MistakenLamb Jul 2024 #32

that is EXACTLY one of the examples he used, good catch Celerity Jul 2024 #36

Flag vishnura Jul 2024 #39

it wasn't Celerity Jul 2024 #40

There were no flags overhead. LiberalFighter Jul 2024 #13

I agree, I am watching replays gab13by13 Jul 2024 #16

The flag was above the stage, suspended by 2 cranes DetroitLegalBeagle Jul 2024 #28

There was a flag on a crane, in some videos you can see the hydraulics of the crane start to spray on the right side MistakenLamb Jul 2024 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author Island Blue Jul 2024 #7

May the gods and a few DU members forgive me gab13by13 Jul 2024 #9

This one? 50 Shades Of Blue Jul 2024 #11

Yes. BigDemVoter Jul 2024 #14

I just saw it on Twitter and remembered your post! 50 Shades Of Blue Jul 2024 #15

Compare this image, taken at about the same time. Igel Jul 2024 #18

Link didn't work. summer_in_TX Jul 2024 #19

so many here do not know how to post a simple pic, it has driven me mad for 6 years, I try to patiently teach them, but Celerity Jul 2024 #34

see post 37, it is not a fake image, not doctored, it was taken by Evan Vucci of AP Celerity Jul 2024 #38

Tbh, that's just a great photographer that knows their craft. Calista241 Jul 2024 #21

And the US flag is upside down RussBLib Jul 2024 #22

Nope. It's correct for vertical presentation. Stars in the top left. n/t CincyDem Jul 2024 #31

And it's replayed over and over. Like the planes crashing onto WTC on 9-11. Kid Berwyn Jul 2024 #20

I thought so too. applegrove Jul 2024 #23

My Vote hasn't changed DoBW Jul 2024 #25

Trump looking defiant to what turned out to be their own Frankenstein Quixote1818 Jul 2024 #26

Probably faked if it was used by trump's people. Think. Again. Jul 2024 #27

it was not faked, cropped, etc It was taken by Evan Vucci/AP, see post 24, and the flag was suspended from 2 cranes Celerity Jul 2024 #37

This message was self-deleted by its author tenderfoot Jul 2024 #33