“Trump installed this wall at the White House on Election Day”
What MediaWise found
While the White House did put up smaller non-scalable barriers around its perimeter around Election Day, the photo depicting the tall grey wall is not real. The photo of the White House comes from 2009 and was doctored to include the wall, which never actually existed at the White House.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 3 November 2020. MediaWise (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 November 2020, 17 days later. Its rating was “Not Legit”.
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