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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Trump retweets video of Biden labelled by Twitter as 'manipulated media'
Source: The Guardian
Trump retweets video of Biden labelled by Twitter as ‘manipulated media’
Edited footage, first tweeted by president’s social media director, makes it look like Biden inadvertently backed Trump’s re-election
Martin Pengelly in New York
@MartinPengelly
Mon 9 Mar 2020 17.04 GMT
Last modified on Mon 9 Mar 2020 20.30 GMT
The first video to be labelled by Twitter as “manipulated media” was tweeted by Donald Trump’s social media director and retweeted by the president himself.
Dan Scavino tweeted the footage on Saturday, mistakenly saying it came from a speech by Joe Biden in St Louis, Missouri. In fact, the former vice-president and Democratic frontrunner was speaking in Kansas City. It was also edited to make it look like Biden had inadvertently backed Trump’s re-election.
“Turn this primary from a campaign that is about negative attacks into one that’s about what we’re for,” Biden said in the footage attached to Scavino’s tweet, before faltering.
“Because we cannot re-elect … we cannot win this re-election … Excuse me, we can only re-elect Donald Trump.”
The footage ended there.
In fact, Biden said: “Excuse me. We can only re-elect Donald Trump if in fact we get engaged in this circular firing squad here. It’s gotta be a positive campaign, so join us.”
-snip-
Edited footage, first tweeted by president’s social media director, makes it look like Biden inadvertently backed Trump’s re-election
Martin Pengelly in New York
@MartinPengelly
Mon 9 Mar 2020 17.04 GMT
Last modified on Mon 9 Mar 2020 20.30 GMT
The first video to be labelled by Twitter as “manipulated media” was tweeted by Donald Trump’s social media director and retweeted by the president himself.
Dan Scavino tweeted the footage on Saturday, mistakenly saying it came from a speech by Joe Biden in St Louis, Missouri. In fact, the former vice-president and Democratic frontrunner was speaking in Kansas City. It was also edited to make it look like Biden had inadvertently backed Trump’s re-election.
“Turn this primary from a campaign that is about negative attacks into one that’s about what we’re for,” Biden said in the footage attached to Scavino’s tweet, before faltering.
“Because we cannot re-elect … we cannot win this re-election … Excuse me, we can only re-elect Donald Trump.”
The footage ended there.
In fact, Biden said: “Excuse me. We can only re-elect Donald Trump if in fact we get engaged in this circular firing squad here. It’s gotta be a positive campaign, so join us.”
-snip-
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/09/trump-retweets-video-manipulated-media
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden