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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 09:47 PM Feb 2020

Trump campaign manager deletes dramatic Air Force One photo after people point out it's from 2004

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/16/politics/parscale-tweet-daytona-500-air-force-one-photo/index.html

By Daniel Dale, CNN

Updated 8:16 PM ET, Sun February 16, 2020

Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump's campaign manager deleted a tweet featuring a dramatic photo of Air Force One at the Daytona 500 after users pointed out that the shot was from President George W. Bush's visit to the NASCAR race in 2004, not from Trump's visit on Sunday.

Brad Parscale tweeted the 2004 photo, which shows Air Force One rising above packed stands at the Daytona International Speedway in Florida, and wrote, ".@realDonaldTrump won the #Daytona500 before the race even started."


The now-deleted tweet by Brad Parscale.

The tweet stayed online for about three hours, drawing at least 6,700 retweets and 23,000 likes before it was deleted. Users identifying themselves as Trump supporters replied with messages like "Amazing shot wow" and "WOW WHAT A SHOT!!!!!!!!!"

But the photo was taken by photographer Jonathan Ferrey on February 15, 2004, after Bush's visit to the racetrack, as Air Force One took off from the adjacent Daytona Beach International Airport. It can be found on the website of Getty Images, and it could be found in articles in the past week previewing Trump's visit.

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Trump campaign manager deletes dramatic Air Force One photo after people point out it's from 2004 (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 OP
Lol Faux pas Feb 2020 #1
Size matters to Donnie, and Brad was trying to give it to him. Thomas Hurt Feb 2020 #2
"I'm proud to work for Trump, America's most popular president since winning the 2000 election" struggle4progress Feb 2020 #3
cant they do anything right? samnsara Feb 2020 #4
How is such incessant incompetence even possible? slumcamper Feb 2020 #5
It's not incompetence, it is flat out lying to his rubes irisblue Feb 2020 #11
The Reality TV pResidency - by lying fucks and fabricators. magicarpet Feb 2020 #17
Macho Rambo trDump.... magicarpet Feb 2020 #18
They replaced it with SCantiGOP Feb 2020 #6
There is literally nothing they won't lie about. Nothing. CalFione Feb 2020 #7
If you want to catch blatant lies like this one... canuckledragger Feb 2020 #8
Geeze oh pete. In the immortal words of Bugs Bunny, catbyte Feb 2020 #9
So, when do we see the pic.... MyOwnPeace Feb 2020 #10
It's already out... FoxNewsSucks Feb 2020 #13
To tell the truth.... MyOwnPeace Feb 2020 #16
lol DesertRat Feb 2020 #12
Fucking immature sexually inadequate child in office. Nitram Feb 2020 #14
Taking credit for someone else once again. Grifters and Clowns JDC Feb 2020 #15
You know what is strange about this administration Ahpook Feb 2020 #19
They live in another world, created by the lies of billionaires. C Moon Feb 2020 #21
Fake Views SmartVoter22 Feb 2020 #20

canuckledragger

(1,641 posts)
8. If you want to catch blatant lies like this one...
Sun Feb 16, 2020, 11:17 PM
Feb 2020

There's a tool I use in google chrome to search photos and find their possible origins

https://tineye.com/

Call out ALL the liars!

MyOwnPeace

(16,927 posts)
16. To tell the truth....
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 12:00 AM
Feb 2020

I didn't really WANT to SEE it - but it is probably hanging in the lobby at Mar-a-Lago!

Ahpook

(2,750 posts)
19. You know what is strange about this administration
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 12:17 AM
Feb 2020

and it's supporters?

Someone on my Facebook showed this photo and just happy as shit. I just showed this as being false and caught hell in doing so.

What? I didn't lie! They did

Huh

SmartVoter22

(639 posts)
20. Fake Views
Mon Feb 17, 2020, 12:31 AM
Feb 2020

Now they're hijacking images. What's next?
...Trump riding in FDR's V12 Lincoln?
...Claiming he ordered the White House China that was actually ordered by Pat Nixon?
...or the White House Bowling Alley is new because Trump invented bowling?

Who needs Daily Press Breifings when you have a CGI dept.

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