{"id":2306832,"date":"2024-07-23T13:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T17:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-trump-did-not-say-bullet-from-rally-shooting-took-his-entire-ear-off\/"},"modified":"2024-07-23T13:23:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T17:23:19","slug":"fact-check-no-trump-did-not-say-bullet-from-rally-shooting-took-his-entire-ear-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-trump-did-not-say-bullet-from-rally-shooting-took-his-entire-ear-off\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: No, Trump Did Not Say Bullet From Rally Shooting Took His \u2018Entire Ear Off\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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-no-trump-did-not-say-bullet-from-rally-shooting-took-his-entire-ear-off%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=2306832&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>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fed-up-business-owner-blocks-in-health-inspectors-car-who-shut-his-business-down-over-covid-restrictions\/\" title=\"Fed Up Business Owner Blocks In Health Inspector\u2019s Car Who Shut His Business Down Over COVID Restrictions\">post shared<\/a> on Instagram claims that Donald Trump, the 2024\u200c Republican nominee\u200c and\u200b former President, tweeted that a bullet\u200b took his &#8220;entire ear off&#8221; during a shooting at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-the-bidens-got-rich-while-americans-got-robbed\/\" title=\"Donald Trump: &#039;The Bidens Got Rich While Americans Got Robbed&#039;\">campaign rally<\/a>. However, this claim is false as\u2062 no evidence supports it. In\u200c reality,\u200c the bullet only took a portion off the top of his ear, according to White House doctor Ronny Jackson. There is\u2062 no record \u2063of Trump \u200dmaking such a statement on his official accounts or \u200dwebsite. Advanced searches of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> also do not show any such tweet. This Instagram post is misleading and inaccurate.  <\/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\">\n<p>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C9s_QxWMBdG\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=92e0b85e-d74e-4a60-9ccf-e715e5ceee97\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Instagram<\/a> purports to show a tweet from 2024 Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump claiming the bullet he was struck with during a shooting at his July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania took his &ldquo;entire ear off.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C9s_QxWMBdG\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The purported remark is not generated via an advanced search of Trump&rsquo;s verified X account, and there is no other evidence suggesting he made the remark. In a July 13 statement posted on his TRUTH Social account, Trump indicated the bullet had struck the upper part of his right ear.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Republican Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson, who also served as the White House doctor during Trump&rsquo;s presidency, said the bullet that struck Trump &ldquo;took a little bit off the top of his ear,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/16\/us\/politics\/trump-shooting-ear-ronny-jackson-doctor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a>. Jackson replaced the bandage on Trump&rsquo;s ear ahead of the recent Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Instagram post purports to show a tweet from Trump claiming the bullet that struck him during the shooting at his July 13 campaign rally took his &ldquo;entire ear off.&rdquo; &ldquo;It took my entire ear off. The whole ear. But I went to the doctor, and he said, and this is true, he said, you heal faster than anyone I&rsquo;ve ever seen. Nobody is healthier than you,&rdquo; the purported tweet, dated July 19, reads in part.<\/p>\n<p>The claim is false, however. An <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?lang=en&amp;q=%22It%20took%20my%20entire%20ear%20off.%20The%20whole%20ear.%20But%20I%20went%20to%20the%20doctor%2C%20and%20he%20said%2C%20and%20this%20is%20true%2C%20he%20said%2C%20you%20heal%20faster%20than%20anyone%20I%27ve%20ever%20seen.%20Nobody%20is%20healthier%20than%20you.%22%20(from%3ArealDonaldTrump)%20lang%3Aen&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">advanced search<\/a> of Trump&rsquo;s verified X account does not generate the purported tweet. In fact, the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1694886846050771321\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last post<\/a> shared to Trump&rsquo;s account is dated August 24, 2023 and shows a photo of his mug shot when he <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-atlanta-indictment-republican-primary-7f4e9860859fbb71221b6a5163aaa42f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">surrendered<\/a> himself in Fulton County, Georgia over charges accusing him of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, the purported remark is not referenced on Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donaldjtrump.com\/news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official website<\/a>, his <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/with_replies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TRUTH Social account<\/a>, or his verified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile\/100044274887410\/search?q=It%20took%20my%20entire%20ear%20off.%20The%20whole%20ear.%20But%20I%20went%20to%20the%20doctor%2C%20and%20he%20said%2C%20and%20this%20is%20true%2C%20he%20said%2C%20you%20heal%20faster%20than%20anyone%20I%27ve%20ever%20seen.%20Nobody%20is%20healthier%20than%20you&amp;filters=eyJycF9jcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lOjAiOiJ7XCJuYW1lXCI6XCJjcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lXCIsXCJhcmdzXCI6XCJ7XFxcInN0YXJ0X3llYXJcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDI0XFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDI0LTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfeWVhclxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMjRcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDI0LTEyXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyNC0xLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyNC0xMi0zMVxcXCJ9XCJ9IiwicnBfY2hyb25vX3NvcnQ6MCI6IntcIm5hbWVcIjpcImNocm9ub3NvcnRcIixcImFyZ3NcIjpcIlwifSJ9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/realdonaldtrump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a> accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Following the shooting at his July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112782066045321247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">released a statement<\/a> indicating he was struck in the ear with a bullet. &ldquo;I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear. I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening,&rdquo; Trump wrote. He did not say that the bullet took his &ldquo;entire ear off.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Check Your Fact found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?sca_esv=b2c38071ce043d54&amp;sca_upv=1&amp;q=trump+said+bullet+took+his+%27entire+ear+off%27+in+july+19+tweet&amp;tbm=nws&amp;source=lnms&amp;fbs=AEQNm0Aa4sjWe7Rqy32pFwRj0UkWtG_mNb-HwafvV8cKK_h1a5eSkyfXNgRC6a9SKsMT7FIVFrTRcgQ9wgg-AOu0QCUSi1WWZ90AVgAx1eSHdTBok3TYtUIqP1gXwzloUbIhLdpKrPUnECB89KldayD8-e8Dl5HWACom4lT7-0e889K6duZ0WFanPsJajd_NbnkXQ8QX7Rk_iJFTK_phfzByTCe4Z1wvAw&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjEq9z4sL2HAxUNkYkEHYIZCdkQ0pQJegQIDhAB&amp;biw=1680&amp;bih=870&amp;dpr=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-photo-show-an-israeli-clergyman-blessing-guns\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Photo Show An Israeli Clergyman Blessing Guns?\">credible news reports<\/a><\/a> to support the claim. Actually, the opposite is true. On July 22, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2024\/jul\/22\/viral-image\/ear-ear-donald-trump-didnt-say-he-lost-his-whole-e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politifact<\/a> reported the claim was false, as the statement had been fabricated. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/07\/23\/fact-check-trump-struck-bullet-online-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Trump Was Struck By A Bullet Despite Online Claims)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact has contacted a Trump spokesperson for comment and will update this piece accordingly if one is received.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post shared on Instagram claims that Donald Trump, the 2024\u200c Republican nominee\u200c and\u200b former President, tweeted that a bullet\u200b took his &#8220;entire ear off&#8221; during a shooting at a campaign rally. However, this claim is false as\u2062 no evidence supports it. In\u200c reality,\u200c the bullet only took a portion off the top of his &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":2306833,"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-2161922277-2-scaled-e1721743692970.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13420,34247,34939,3634],"class_list":["post-2306832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fact-check","tag-fake-news","tag-rally-shooting","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2161922277-2-scaled-e1721743692970.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2306832","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=2306832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2306832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2306833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2306832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2306832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2306832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}