{"id":607235,"date":"2021-07-30T18:20:27","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T22:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=607235"},"modified":"2021-07-30T18:20:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T22:20:29","slug":"fact-check-does-this-image-show-trump-supporters-greeting-joe-biden-when-he-arrived-in-allentown-pennsylvania-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-trump-supporters-greeting-joe-biden-when-he-arrived-in-allentown-pennsylvania-in-july\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show Trump Supporters Greeting Joe Biden When He Arrived In Allentown, Pennsylvania, In July?"},"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\">38<\/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-trump-supporters-greeting-joe-biden-when-he-arrived-in-allentown-pennsylvania-in-july%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=607235&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\/07\/IMG-4888-e1627599548149.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>An image&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ILMFOrg\/photos\/a.207535503185392\/905395720066030\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ILMFOrg\/photos\/a.207535503185392\/905395720066030\/?type%3D3%26theater&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1627742616292000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFlCuCpeE1ppv9V-LJDiRep1FcMSg\">shared on Facebook<\/a> over 4,400 times allegedly shows supporters of former President Donald Trump greeting President Joe Biden when he visited Allentown, Pennsylvania, in July 2021.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: Misleading<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The image shows Trump supporters greeting Biden in Dallas, Pennsylvania, in October 2020, not Allentown in July 2021.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Biden visited the Allentown area on July 28 to promote his administration\u2019s \u201cBuy American\u201d proposal, according to local NBC News-affiliate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/article\/president-joe-biden-visits-macungie-pennsylvania-to-promote-buy-american-efforts\/37159237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WGAL<\/a>. The Biden administration recently proposed a rule that would require products bought by the government to be made up of 75% of U.S-made components by 2029 to be considered \u201cmade in America,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2021\/07\/28\/buy-american-president-biden-to-increase-the-domestic-content-threshold-for-government-purchases\/5395553001\/\">USA Today<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>A viral image shared on Facebook July 29, the day after Biden visited Allentown, shows a crowd of cars and dozens of Trump flags. Text in the image reads: \u201cBiden visited Allentown, PA and look who showed up to greet him!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/12\/23\/fact-check-prague-newspaper-article-joe-biden-supporters-fools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did A Prague Newspaper Publish An Article Calling Joe Biden Supporters Fools?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the photo is genuine, it was not taken during Biden\u2019s recent trip to Allentown. Through a reverse image search, Check Your Fact found the picture published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/news-photo\/supporters-of-president-donald-trump-line-the-road-as-the-news-photo\/1229264160?adppopup=true\">Getty Images<\/a> in October 2020, saying it was taken in Dallas, Pennsylvania. Dallas is about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/Dallas,+Pennsylvania+18612\/Macungie,+Pennsylvania+18062\/@40.9244529,-76.3492712,9z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c516405c4fd20b:0xb1fd2f36c53cf379!2m2!1d-75.9632546!2d41.3361911!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c42fc25fdaabcf:0x17a42667e5e78960!2m2!1d-75.5551858!2d40.5159304!3e0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">71 miles away<\/a>&nbsp;from Allentown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSupporters of President Donald Trump line the road as the motorcade for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden makes its way to a drive-in campaign rally at Dallas High School on October 24, 2020 in Dallas, Pennsylvania,\u201d the Getty Images caption reads.<\/p>\n<p>Genuine photos of Biden\u2019s visit to Allentown posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/news\/area\/lehighvalley\/photos-biden-in-the-lehigh-valley\/collection_ea9238c0-efc0-11eb-a8c9-1303d5fcaefc.html#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WFMZ-TV News<\/a> do not show any image similar to the one shared in the Facebook post. Around 100 Trump supporters on the route of Biden\u2019s motorcade shouted and waved Trump flags in protest of Biden\u2019s trip, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcall.com\/news\/local\/mc-nws-president-biden-visiting-mack-trucks-lehigh-valley-to-tout-buy-american-20210728-l2ihfdfe3nhu5e2zrra7jsg6ti-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Morning Call<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image\u00a0shared on Facebook over 4,400 times allegedly shows supporters of former President Donald Trump greeting President Joe Biden when he visited Allentown, Pennsylvania, in July 2021.Verdict: Misleading The image &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-607235","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\/607235","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=607235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607235\/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=607235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}