{"id":1611256,"date":"2022-08-17T17:25:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T21:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1611256"},"modified":"2022-08-17T17:26:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T21:26:10","slug":"fact-check-did-trump-tell-his-supporters-to-boycott-the-midterms-because-the-doj-is-treating-him-unfairly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-trump-tell-his-supporters-to-boycott-the-midterms-because-the-doj-is-treating-him-unfairly\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Trump Tell His Supporters To Boycott The Midterms Because The DOJ Is Treating Him \u2018Unfairly\u2019?"},"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\">36<\/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-trump-tell-his-supporters-to-boycott-the-midterms-because-the-doj-is-treating-him-unfairly%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=1611256&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\/2022-08-11T191425Z_1674043021_RC2OTV97US44_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-1-scaled-e1660594146427.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BoycottkochBros\/posts\/pfbid026YcxPrUPYWzLbKbyaZdApSHFhsAxx22r2MGxNzU58U5FTCnYH9G5jCUm2ry1X3Xgl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims that former President Donald Trump told his supporters to boycott the 2022 midterm elections because the Department of Justice (DOJ) is treating him unfairly.<\/p>\n<p>There are no credible news reports to suggest the former president made such a comment. The claim stems from a satirical Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ unsealed a warrant that authorized the FBI to search Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago residence on Aug. 8, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/national-security\/3601682-nyt-trump-lawyer-told-doj-classified-material-was-returned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hill<\/a>. The FBI allegedly uncovered classified documents the former president took to his residence after he had left office, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<div id=\"rev-more-content\">\n<p>Now, a post shared on Facebook claims Trump told his supporters to boycott the 2022 midterm elections over the DOJ\u2019s treatment of him. \u201cBreaking: Trump is telling all his supporters to boycott the midterm elections because of how the DOJ is treating him so unfairly,\u201d reads the post. \u201cBeahahaha, yes yes MAGA boycott the midterms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This claim is baseless. Check Your Fact found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=trump+told+his+supportes+to+boycott+the+midterms+because+doj+is+treating+him+unfairly&#038;oq=trump+told+his+supportes+to+boycott+the+midterms+because+doj+is+treating+him+unfairly&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57.19471j0j7&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no credible news reports<\/a> to suggest the former president told his supporters to boycott the midterm elections. No such statement could be found on Trump\u2019s official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donaldjtrump.com\/news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>, his <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/with_replies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Truth Social<\/a> account or on any of Team Trump\u2019s verified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile\/100066396894201\/search?q=trump%20tells%20his%20supporters%20to%20boycott%20the%20midterm%20elections%20because%20the%20doj%20is%20treating%20him%20unfairly&#038;filters=eyJycF9jcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lOjAiOiJ7XCJuYW1lXCI6XCJjcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lXCIsXCJhcmdzXCI6XCJ7XFxcInN0YXJ0X3llYXJcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIyXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIyLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfeWVhclxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMjJcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIyLTEyXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMi0xLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMi0xMi0zMVxcXCJ9XCJ9In0%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?lang=en&#038;q=%22trump%20tells%20his%20supporters%20to%20boycott%20the%20midterm%20elections%20because%20he%27s%20being%20treated%20unfairly%20by%20the%20doj%22%20(from%3ATrumpWarRoom)%20lang%3Aen&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/trumpwarroom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A keyword search reveals that the claim originates from a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HalfwayPost\/status\/1558840832844828672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a> shared by the satirical Twitter account @HalfwayPost. The post, which repeats the same claim made on Facebook, has amassed over 4,000 tweets at the time of publication. The account describes itself as \u201chalfway true satire and liberal comedy.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/08\/03\/fact-check-washington-post-biden-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did The Washington Post Publish An Article Calling For Joe Biden To Cancel The Midterms?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While there is no evidence to suggest that Trump recently called for voters to boycott the midterm elections, in 2021 he did warn that Republicans may not vote in this year\u2019s midterm elections or the 2024 presidential election \u201cIf we don\u2019t solve the Presidential Election Fraud of 2020 (which we have thoroughly and conclusively documented),\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/opinion\/trump-telling-republicans-not-vote-gop-s-worst-nightmare-n1281613\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSNBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact has reached out to a spokesperson from Trump\u2019s team for comment and will update this piece accordingly if one is received.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post shared on Facebook claims that former President Donald Trump told his supporters to boycott the 2022 midterm elections because the Department of Justice (DOJ) is treating him unfairly.There<\/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-1611256","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\/1611256","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=1611256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1611256\/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=1611256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1611256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1611256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}