“There was a recent attempt to assassinate Donald Trump in Reno, Nevada.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 27 Jul 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
A Facebook video presented as “breaking” news about an attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump is not new. It’s from November 2016.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 27 July 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 31 July 2023, 4 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- politifact.comhttps://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/31/facebook-posts/social-media-post-mislea…
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