{"id":574067,"date":"2021-06-25T14:51:36","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T18:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=574067"},"modified":"2021-06-25T14:51:37","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T18:51:37","slug":"fact-check-did-denzel-washington-say-hes-leaving-the-democratic-party-to-help-team-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-denzel-washington-say-hes-leaving-the-democratic-party-to-help-team-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Denzel Washington Say He\u2019s Leaving The Democratic Party To Help \u2018Team Trump\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\">30<\/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-denzel-washington-say-hes-leaving-the-democratic-party-to-help-team-trump%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=574067&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\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1154316251-scaled-e1624644379905.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CQfQIaNNBfv\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;ig_rid=f41102fa-8821-4bcb-ba78-8e47f525a0e9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Instagram<\/a> claims actor Denzel Washington has left the Democratic Party and has turned his attention to help former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CQfQIaNNBfv\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" readability=\"-8.8148148148148\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no record of Washington saying he left the Democratic Party to help \u201cteam Trump.\u201d The claim comes from a satirical article.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Washington, famous for roles in movies like \u201cTraining Day\u201d and \u201cMalcolm X,\u201d has previously been the subject of misinformation online regarding his political views. In 2016, a viral Facebook post claimed Washington praised Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/election-us-2016-37987306\">BBC News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CQfQIaNNBfv\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;ig_rid=f41102fa-8821-4bcb-ba78-8e47f525a0e9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram post<\/a> shares what appears to be a screen grab of an article bearing the headline: \u201cDenzel Washington Leaves Democrat Party: \u2018I\u2019ve Had it With the Lies.&#8217;\u201d Text from the article goes on to allege Washington said he couldn\u2019t \u201chandle the constant lies and that he\u2019s turning his attention to helping team Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is, however, no record of Washington saying he plans on leaving the Democratic Party in favor of helping Trump. When actors and other celebrities make political statements, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/celebrities-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/celebrities-fashion-political-style-statement-2020-12\">outlets<\/a> typically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/teigen-bully-stodden-trump-1591558\">report<\/a> on it. If Washington had actually said he couldn\u2019t handle the supposed \u201cconstant lies\u201d of the Democratic Party, credible news outlets likely would have reported on it, yet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Denzel+Washington+leaves+democratic+party&#038;rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS890US890&#038;source=lnms&#038;tbm=nws&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=2ahUKEwidoKzvmLPxAhW2GFkFHV61DFwQ_AUoAXoECAEQBA&#038;biw=1920&#038;bih=896\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">none have<\/a>, except to debunk the claim.<\/p>\n<p>When asked who he voted for in the 2016 election during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DcklwmCdj5M\">December 2016 interview<\/a> at a screening of his movie \u201cFences,\u201d Washington answered, \u201cNone of your business.\u201d In addition, Washington doesn\u2019t seem to have any verified social media accounts where he could have posted such a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Washington has previously donated money to Democratic presidential candidates, such as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016 and former President Barack Obama in 2008, according to the campaign finance database <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/donor-lookup\/results?name=Denzel+Washington\">Open Secrets<\/a>.\u00a0<span><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/07\/31\/fact-check-regis-philbin-20-million-trump-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Regis Philbin Leave $20 Million To The Trump Campaign In His Will?)\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The screen grab shown in the Instagram post comes from a <a href=\"https:\/\/bustatroll.org\/2019\/02\/22\/breaking-denzel-washington-leaves-democrat-party-ive-had-it-with-the-lies\/?fbclid=IwAR3aov5dsDgSjLF5vHeZB8bPEVzBiMO3qr_9cApGUZ-N3bwzNw1A8k7TivY\">2019 article<\/a> published on Bustatroll.org, a parody news website that <a href=\"https:\/\/bustatroll.org\/about-us\/\">describes itself<\/a> as belonging to a \u201cnetwork of parody, satire, and tomfoolery.\u201d While Bustatroll includes clear Disclaimers that its articles are satirical in nature, the Instagram post does not, seemingly passing the information off as genuine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Instagram claims actor Denzel Washington has left the Democratic Party and has turned his attention to help former President Donald Trump. Verdict: False There is &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2281363,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1154316251-scaled-e1624644379905.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Did Denzel Washington Say He\u2019s Leaving The Democratic Party To Help \u2018Team Trump\u2019?","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-574067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1154316251-scaled-e1624644379905.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FACT CHECK: Did Denzel Washington Say He\u2019s Leaving The Democratic Party To Help \u2018Team Trump\u2019?","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574067","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2281363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}