{"id":867972,"date":"2021-10-11T13:58:32","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T17:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=867972"},"modified":"2021-10-11T13:58:33","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T17:58:33","slug":"fact-check-did-keith-richards-hold-a-sign-saying-donald-trump-is-a-piece-of-sht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-keith-richards-hold-a-sign-saying-donald-trump-is-a-piece-of-sht\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Keith Richards Hold A Sign Saying, \u2018Donald Trump Is A Piece Of Sh*t\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\">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-did-keith-richards-hold-a-sign-saying-donald-trump-is-a-piece-of-sht%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=867972&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><\/div>\n<p>An image<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sharon03855072\/status\/1445411128700440579\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sharon03855072\/status\/1445411128700440579&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1633705979952000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGmdVJO9otkoJEaSbq7aCHo44vg5A\">&nbsp;shared on Twitter<\/a> purportedly shows musician Keith Richards holding a sign that reads, \u201cDonald Trump is a piece of sh*t.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"4.9345794392523\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">God Bless Keith Richards\ud83e\udd1f\ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ucO7d8Ah4K\">pic.twitter.com\/ucO7d8Ah4K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shari (@Sharon03855072) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sharon03855072\/status\/1445411128700440579?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The image has been altered. The original shows Richards holding a sign thanking fans for following his band\u2019s Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The widely-shared picture purportedly shows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0724189\/bio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Richards<\/a>, co-founder and guitarist of the English rock band The Rolling Stones,&nbsp;holding a sign that reads, \u201cDonald Trump is a piece of sh*t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The picture, however, appears to have been altered. Through a reverse image search, Check Your Fact found the original was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/8305888286\/photos\/a.191011768286\/10150672051558287\/?type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first shared<\/a> in 2012 by The Rolling Stone\u2019s verified Facebook page. It shows Richards holding a sign that reads, \u201c9,000,000 Stones fans,\u201d an apparent acknowledgment of the page reaching 9 million followers at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to everyone one of you Facebookers who like the Rolling Stones. It\u2019s only rock and roll but we love you!\u201d reads the image\u2019s caption. <strong><a title=\"A \u2018KEEP AMERICA TRUMPLESS\u2019 SHIRT?\" href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/09\/15\/fact-check-chris-evans-keep-america-trumpless-shirt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Image Show Chris Evans Wearing A \u2018Keep America Trumpless\u2019 Shirt?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While there is no evidence Richards held up such a sign, the musician has spoken negatively about Trump in the past. In a 2018 interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/entertainment-arts-44112902\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC News<\/a>, Richards said the U.S. \u201chas to get rid of him.\u201d In the same interview, Richards recounted how in 1989 he became angry with Trump after he promoted a Rolling Stones concert in Atlantic City, New Jersey that year and, according to Richards, billed it as \u201c\u2018Donald Trump presents the Rolling Stones\u2019 [with the band\u2019s name written in miniature],\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/entertainment-arts-44112902\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact has <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/09\/29\/fact-check-image-ryan-reynolds-anti-trump-shirt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previously<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/10\/06\/fact-check-dwayne-johnson-flush-turd-donald-trump-shirt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2019\/06\/13\/fact-check-chris-evans-shirt-wont-stop-whining-sexist-hate-filled\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">images<\/a> purportedly showing celebrities displaying anti-Trump messages. For example, in September, Check Your Fact debunked an altered image showing actor <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/09\/17\/fact-check-george-clooney-shirt-losers-trump-supporters-nazis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">George Clooney<\/a> wearing a shirt calling Trump supporters losers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image\u00a0shared on Twitter purportedly shows musician Keith Richards holding a sign that reads, \u201cDonald Trump is a piece of sh*t.\u201d God Bless Keith Richards\ud83e\udd1f\ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffb pic.twitter.com\/ucO7d8Ah4K \u2014 Shari (@Sharon03855072) October &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-867972","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\/867972","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=867972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867972\/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=867972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}