{"id":1585455,"date":"2022-08-02T17:25:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T21:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1585455"},"modified":"2022-08-02T17:25:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T21:25:40","slug":"fact-check-did-liz-truss-father-publish-a-disparaging-tweet-about-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-liz-truss-father-publish-a-disparaging-tweet-about-her\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Liz Truss\u2019 Father Publish A Disparaging Tweet About Her?"},"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\">24<\/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-liz-truss-father-publish-a-disparaging-tweet-about-her%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=1585455&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-07-29T143111Z_1241604552_RC2GLV9HYNYJ_RTRMADP_3_BRITAIN-POLITICS-TRUSS-scaled-e1659388076418.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/irene.craig.940\/posts\/pfbid02ikiutvWeyowY5Lcjfk9QNbcs4yw1jbMZcr3udD9Czu67FEtkEH81nP15zJq5eq55l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows a tweet from John Truss, father of British Conservative Parliament Member Liz Truss, in which he criticized her candidacy for prime minister.<br \/><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The tweet is digitally fabricated. There are no credible news reports to suggest Liz Truss\u2019 father made such a comment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Current British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on June 29 that he will be resigning his post following a wave of scandals and a mass resignation from his cabinet, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/boris-johnson-resignation-60da3c4b29a4e9c93c7db9f53034ad0e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Associated Press<\/a>. Liz Truss, the current Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs is running to replace him, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/07\/10\/uk\/liz-truss-launches-bid-for-prime-minister\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a Facebook image appears to show a screen grab of a tweet from her father, Professor John Truss, sharply criticizing her. The alleged tweet appears to be in response to a video from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trussliz\/status\/1546399020754550784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liz Truss\u2019 verified account<\/a>, commenting on the economy and promising to deliver on her campaign promises.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer mother and I would be surprised if she could deliver anything \u2013 she was unable to tie her shoelaces until she was 12,\u201d reads the alleged tweet from John Truss. \u201cPlease turn against fascism poo-poo bear.\u201d The alleged post appears to have been retweeted over 9,900 times and liked over 22,000 times.<\/p>\n<p>The tweet is digitally fabricated. Check Your Fact found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Her+mother+and+I+would+be+surprised+if+she+could+deliver+anything+-+she+was+unable+to+tie+her+shoelaces+until+she+was+12.+Please+turn+against+fascism+poo-poo+bear.+john+truss&#038;oq=Her+mother+and+I+would+be+surprised+if+she+could+deliver+anything+-+she+was+unable+to+tie+her+shoelaces+until+she+was+12.+Please+turn+against+fascism+poo-poo+bear.+john+truss&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57.3724j0j7&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no credible news reports<\/a> to suggest John Truss ever made such comments in reference to his daughter\u2019s campaign. In addition, an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?lang=en&#038;q=%22Her%20mother%20and%20I%20would%20be%20surprised%20if%20she%20could%20deliver%20anything%20-%20she%20was%20unable%20to%20tie%20her%20shoelaces%20until%20she%20was%2012.%20Please%20turn%20against%20fascism%20poo-poo%20bear.%22%20(from%3ATheSocialistProf)%20lang%3Aen&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">advanced Twitter search<\/a> for the elder Truss\u2019 supposed comments generates no results nor does an account with the same handle <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSocialistProf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">exist<\/a> on the website. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/09\/26\/fact-check-liz-truss-phone-upside-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show U.K. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss Holding Phone Upside Down?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While there is no evidence that John Truss made such a comment about his daughter, there <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indy100.com\/politics\/liz-truss-dad-tory-leader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">are<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/politics\/1643283\/liz-truss-news-family-friend-sent-message-conservative-tory-leadership-spt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a> that the two do not agree on politics. Liz Truss has said in the past that she grew up in a \u201cleft-wing household,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indy100.com\/politics\/liz-truss-dad-tory-leader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">indy100<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact has reached out to Liz Truss\u2019 office for comment and will update this piece accordingly if one is received.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a tweet from John Truss, father of British Conservative Parliament Member Liz Truss, in which he criticized her candidacy for prime minister.Verdict: FalseThe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1585455","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\/1585455","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\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1585455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585455\/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=1585455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1585455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1585455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}