“The White House doctored a photo of a Donald Trump event “to make the crowd look bigger.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 1 Aug 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
A doctored image of an airport crowd greeting Trump in Tampa was posted by a Twitter user, who said he thought it was an obvious joke.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 August 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 3 August 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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