{"id":1435527,"date":"2022-04-13T13:30:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T17:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1435527"},"modified":"2022-04-13T13:30:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T17:30:40","slug":"fact-check-did-pete-buttigieg-post-a-picture-of-himself-holding-a-rifle-and-standing-next-to-a-group-of-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-pete-buttigieg-post-a-picture-of-himself-holding-a-rifle-and-standing-next-to-a-group-of-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Pete Buttigieg Post A Picture Of Himself Holding A Rifle And Standing Next To A Group Of Dogs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-pete-buttigieg-post-a-picture-of-himself-holding-a-rifle-and-standing-next-to-a-group-of-dogs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1435527&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/abelon.traverso\/posts\/pfbid0RpyMp2hziwjb5QfXbH1qNZhiinKUaKG5JT3GfTnugcvqnq3TnhWFjifgtKnhLhPDl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> allegedly shows a tweet from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg that includes a photo of him holding a rifle next to a group of dogs.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is no record of Buttigieg sending such a tweet. The image included in the post is altered.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The image shared on Facebook appears to show an April 8 tweet from Buttigieg\u2019s verified Twitter account. \u201cTime for \u2018Therapy\u2019!!!\u201d reads the alleged tweet, which includes an image of the transportation secretary in a military uniform, holding a rifle while standing next to a group of dogs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is so unnecessarily ominous,\u201d reads the Facebook image\u2019s caption. \u201cWhy did he post this!?\u201d The tweet in the photo appears to have been liked over 1,900 times and retweeted over 490 times. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/04\/12\/fact-check-joe-biden-veterans-get-enough-handouts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Joe Biden Say Veterans \u2018Get Enough Handouts\u2019?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tweet is digitally fabricated. No such post can be found on either of Buttigieg\u2019s verified <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%22Time%20for%20%22therapy%22!!!%22%20(from%3APeteButtigieg%20OR%20from%3ASecretaryPete)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> accounts or on <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220409230554\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecretaryPete\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220409084546\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeteButtigieg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">versions<\/a> of his accounts from April 8. There is likewise nothing resembling the tweet on any of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/secretarypete\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">other<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile\/100044367251691\/search\/?q=%22Time%20for%20%22therapy%22!!!%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile\/100034425207228\/search\/?q=%22Time%20for%20%22therapy%22!!!%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pete.buttigieg\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accounts<\/a>. The fabricated tweet may be a reference to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/buttigieg-dogs-clipping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked rumor<\/a> that Buttigieg was arrested as a teenager for killing dogs.<\/p>\n<p>A reverse image search revealed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theBarkhaus\/photos\/a.112471308964219\/325917520952929\/?type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">image<\/a> of the group of dogs originated with a 2015 post by Hawaiian dog obedience training company Barkhaus. The image of Buttigieg in full military attire originated from a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/petebuttigieg\/status\/978005120259690497\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a> he published in March 2018. Notably, there are no dogs visible in the photo.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Four years ago today, I boarded a plane, after intense training on how to use this thing in a war zone.<\/p>\n<p>Arms like this have no business in civilian hands.<\/p>\n<p>None. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VeteransForGunReform?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VeteransForGunReform<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6tBXXsnubf\">pic.twitter.com\/6tBXXsnubf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeteButtigieg\/status\/978005120259690497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The photo was also included in a 2019 ABC News <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/intel-analyst-military-uber-inside-mayor-petes-afghanistan\/story?id=64847210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a>, which dated the photo to 2014. Buttigieg joined the Navy Reserve in 2009 and was deployed to Afghanistan in 2014, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/intel-analyst-military-uber-inside-mayor-petes-afghanistan\/story?id=64847210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">outlet<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook allegedly shows a tweet from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg that includes a photo of him holding a rifle next to a group of dogs.Verdict: False<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1435527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1435527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1435527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1435527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1435527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1435527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1435527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}