Does This Photo Show the Crowd at Trump's Fourth of July Event? [View all]
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Source: Snopes
On July 4, 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump posted a photograph supposedly showing a “great crowd of tremendous Patriots” on the National Mall before his speech at the “Salute to America” event: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
This picture garnered thousands of retweets and more than a hundred thousand likes. It also sparked a number of comments from people accusing Trump of sharing a picture that had been digitally altered in order to make the crowd appear bigger.
But the picture that Trump shared of the crowd is real. Photographer Susan Walsh took a very similar image that is available via Getty Images with the caption: “US President Donald Trump speaks during the ‘Salute to America’ Fourth of July event at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, July 4, 2019.”
Read more: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/crowd-at-trump-july-4-event/
I was so hoping that Shitler's gang used a doctored photo, but I've got to lead a truth-based life. Apparently it was real, according to Snopes. He did enough evil/dumb shit (just by turning it into a paramilitary event instead of a celebration of our country), but we don't have to spread lies. That's Faux Nooze and right-wing radio's job....
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