“A video shows people holding up their phones to film President Joe Biden, but “every phone there is turned off.”
Social media posts
in a Facebook video. Claim dated 9 Jul 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
People weren’t holding up turned-off cellphones at a White House event July 4. The late afternoon sun’s brightness made the phone screens appear dim.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 July 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 July 2023, 9 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- trunews.comhttps://www.trunews.com/stream/white-house-cocaine-drama-takes-new-turn
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.is/QQPfK
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.is/3vfbH
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