Don’t say Republicans lack imagination. They have very vivid imaginations. You may want to hold your nose at what they imagine, though.
A Politico fact-check begins, “President Joe Biden commemorated the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France …. Not long after his June 6 speech, social media users circulated edited video clips of Biden, claiming the president sat in an ‘imaginary chair,’ had a bowel movement and left the event prematurely.” (Emphasis added by me.)
Note my emphasis on edited, although cherry-picked is more precise. Propaganda begins with taking a few frames of video out of context, then lying about what they show. That’s what happened here.
None of the three claims are true, Politico says. There was a chair. Biden didn’t have a bowel accident. He didn’t leave early. Read their analysis of the complete video and full context here.
There’s a real story here, though: Who spread the false story. This A-List of Liars includes: The Republican National Committee, the Trump campaign, a Fox News host; conservative influencers David Rubin, Tim Pool, and Charlie Kirk; and legions of social media users.
Don’t these people fact-check anything? Well, no, and that’s the story.
Image below: Fox host Jeanine Pirro took down her “X” post when it turned out to be b.s., but not before somebody captured a screen grab
