{"id":1599439,"date":"2022-08-10T15:25:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T19:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1599439"},"modified":"2022-08-10T15:25:23","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T19:25:23","slug":"fact-check-does-this-image-show-a-trump-rally-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-a-trump-rally-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show A Trump Rally In 2022?"},"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\">22<\/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-does-this-image-show-a-trump-rally-in-2022%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=1599439&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\/2022-06-26T031154Z_2088383209_RC2DZU99PWR7_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-scaled-e1656538289225.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<div>An image\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=436705168478944&#038;set=a.411082767707851&#038;type=3&#038;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid%3D436705168478944%26set%3Da.411082767707851%26type%3D3%26theater&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1660067335031000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2vQYNvi0A39kJ5hI-t5j_x\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows the size of a crowd at a recent rally for former President Donald Trump in Wisconsin.<\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: Misleading<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The photo was taken at a Trump rally in 2020, not 2022.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Trump held a rally in Waukesha, Wisconsin Aug. 5 for gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2022\/08\/06\/trump-rally-tim-michels-waukesha-five-takeaways\/10254786002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/a>. During the event, Trump criticized Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos as well as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>One image shared on Facebook Aug. 6 claims to show a scene from the rally. It shows thousands of people, many wearing red hats, surrounding a platform. \u201cThis is from last night in Wisconsin. MASSIVE!\u201d reads the image\u2019s caption. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/07\/18\/fact-check-trump-rally-refund-north-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Is Donald Trump Not Refunding Tickets For His Postponed Greensboro, North Carolina Rally?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The image is not recent. A reverse image search reveals it actually shows a Trump rally that occurred in Wisconsin two years before, in 2020. The same photo was shared by Tim Murtaugh, Trump\u2019s 2020 communications director, on his verified <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/timmurtaugh\/status\/1323473112969740290?s=21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> account Nov. 2, 2020 with a caption that reads, \u201cWISCONSIN!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The image appears to have been shared by Tim Murtaugh, Trump\u2019s 2020 communications director, on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/timmurtaugh\/status\/1323473112969740290?s=21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> Nov. 2, 2020.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WISCONSIN! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZGBoFXsjqW\">pic.twitter.com\/ZGBoFXsjqW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Murtaugh (@TimMurtaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimMurtaugh\/status\/1323473112969740290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The image was also shared by Dan Scavino Jr., a former White House aide, on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanScavino\/status\/1323472216000995329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> the same day.\u201d<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">WHAT A NIGHT IN WISCONSIN! Get out and VOTE <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MAGA?src=hashtag_click\">#MAGA<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> tomorrow!\u201d reads the caption of Scavino Jr.\u2019s tweet. Images taken by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2020\/11\/02\/trump-returns-wisconsin-election-eve-rally-kenosha\/6122031002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/a> show that Trump did hold a rally in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Nov. 2, 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Trump lost Wisconsin by 20,000 votes to President Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/elections.wi.gov\/elections\/election-results#accordion-868\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wisconsin Elections Commission<\/a>. While Trump and his allies have claimed the Wisconsin election results were tainted by widespread fraud, multiple recounts and audits affirmed Biden\u2019s win in the swing state, The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-wisconsin-donald-trump-presidential-d7bc3d0810cf54bafc699fc881786b46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image\u00a0shared on Facebook purportedly shows the size of a crowd at a recent rally for former President Donald Trump in Wisconsin.Verdict: Misleading The photo was taken at a Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"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-1599439","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\/1599439","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\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1599439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1599439\/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=1599439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1599439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1599439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}