{"id":2299402,"date":"2024-07-18T13:05:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T17:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-donald-trump-fall-asleep-during-the-rnc\/"},"modified":"2024-07-18T13:07:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T17:07:13","slug":"fact-check-did-donald-trump-doze-off-during-the-rnc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-donald-trump-doze-off-during-the-rnc\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Donald Trump doze off during the RNC?"},"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\">20<\/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-donald-trump-doze-off-during-the-rnc%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=2299402&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--><p>The post shared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawyers-australia-wants-to-deport-novak-djokovic-fearing-he-may-excite-anti-vax-sentiment\/\" title=\"Lawyers: Australia Wants to Deport Novak Djokovic, Fearing He May &#039;Excite Anti-Vax Sentiment&#039;\">social media claiming<\/a> that former President Donald Trump fell asleep during the first day\u200d of the Republican National Convention is false. Trump\u200b closed his eyes during a prayer, like many other attendees, and did not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-15-most-anticipated-albums-of-2021\/\" title=\"The 15 Most Anticipated Albums of 2021\u00a0\">fall asleep<\/a>. The Republican National Convention featured several politicians Trump was once at odds with speaking on the second\u2064 day. This false \u200cclaim is just another example of misinformation being spread on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/janet-yellen-had-four-orders-of-potentially-hallucinogenic-dish-does-this-explain-her-strange-behavior\/\" title=\"Did Janet Yellen&#039;s Hallucinogenic Meal Cause Her Odd Actions?\">social\u200d media<\/a>.\u2062 It is important to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pbs-puts-inflammatory-rhetoric-warning-below-stream-of-trump-speech\/\" title=\"PBS warns of &#039;inflammatory rhetoric&#039; in Trump speech stream.\">fact-check information<\/a> before sharing it to ensure accuracy and prevent the spread \u2064of false information.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" tabindex=\"1\" role=\"textbox\" contenteditable=\"true\" spellcheck=\"false\" aria-label=\"Message Body\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-owns=\":6rl\" aria-controls=\":6rl\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n<p>A post&nbsp;<u><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iamgabesanchez\/status\/1813051234611568714\">shared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whos-really-to-blame-for-misinformation-online\/\" title=\"Who\u2019s Really\u00a0To Blame For Misinformation Online?\u00a0\">social media&#038;nbsp<\/a>;<\/a><\/u>purports that former President Donald Trump fell asleep during the first day of the Republican National Convention.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump fell asleep at the RNC.<\/p>\n<p>On the first night.<\/p>\n<p>He just got there.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IANdR3c6u1\">pic.twitter.com\/IANdR3c6u1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gabe Sanchez &#59904; (@iamgabesanchez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamgabesanchez\/status\/1813051234611568714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Trump closed his eyes during a prayer, many other attendees also closed their eyes.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Republican National Convention saw several politicians Trump was once at odds with speak on the second day of the convention,<span>&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/rnc-republican-national-convention-07-16-24\/index.html\">CNN<\/a><span>&nbsp;<\/span>reported. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley all shared support for Trump as tensions&nbsp;rise in the Democratic party.<\/p>\n<p>A post shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, allegedly shows a video of Trump sleeping in his seat during the convention. The video shows a broadcast featuring Trump in which he appears very still with his eyes closed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump fell asleep at the RNC,&rdquo; the caption reads. &ldquo;On the first night. He just got there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The claim is inaccurate. The video is from the first day of the RNC in Milwaukee and shows Trump during a prayer from Pastor James Roemke.<\/p>\n<p>The<span>&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/FCBf3tCj5Sw?t=42245s\">full context<\/a><span>&nbsp;<\/span>of the video shows that Trump had his eyes closed during a prayer and that many in attendance also closed their eyes. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DailyLoud\/status\/1813187307991650773\">The Daily Loud<\/a><span>&nbsp;<\/span>posted a video on social media that also confirms Trump had his eyes closed during a prayer. Newly nominated Vice Presidential candidate J.D. Vance can also been seen with his eyes closed in the video.<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/07\/14\/fact-check-viral-photo-of-mark-violets-is-not-trump-rally-shooter\/\">(RELATED: Viral Photo Of &lsquo;Mark Violets&rsquo; Is Not Trump Rally Shooter)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FCBf3tCj5Sw?si=iy_XNnOkYL9h0Mo4&amp;start=42245\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Misinformation surrounding politicians and the 2024 Presidential election has circulated heavily online. Check Your Fact also <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/07\/17\/fact-check-reuters-bidens-july-14-address-taped\/\">debunked<\/a> a claim that Reuters reported Joe Biden&rsquo;s July 14 address would be taped.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A social media post falsely claims that former President Donald Trump fell asleep during the first day of the Republican National Convention. The video actually shows Trump with his eyes closed during a prayer, and many other attendees were also seen with their eyes closed. Several politicians who were once at odds with Trump spoke on the second day of the convention, showing support for him as tensions rise in the Democratic party. Misinformation about politicians and the 2024 Presidential election has been circulating online<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1245,"featured_media":2299403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2161600546-scaled-e1721155297181.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29362],"tags":[32319,13420,3669,34812,6915],"class_list":["post-2299402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-caller","tag-donald-trump","tag-fact-check","tag-president","tag-republican-national-convention","tag-rnc"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2161600546-scaled-e1721155297181.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299402","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\/1245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2299402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2299403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2299402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2299402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2299402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}