{"id":936907,"date":"2021-10-29T11:28:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T15:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=936907"},"modified":"2021-10-29T11:28:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T15:28:54","slug":"fact-check-did-donald-trump-put-out-this-statement-about-alec-baldwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-donald-trump-put-out-this-statement-about-alec-baldwin\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Donald Trump Put Out This Statement About Alec Baldwin?"},"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\">24<\/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-put-out-this-statement-about-alec-baldwin%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=936907&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>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BCLcommunity\/posts\/4910467148987668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> allegedly shows a statement by former President Donald Trump about actor Alec Baldwin\u2019s on-set shooting incident.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7311471\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7311471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facebook\/Screenshot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no record of Trump sending out the statement.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Baldwin on Oct. 21 accidentally fatally shot cinematographer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm5035099\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Halyna Hutchins<\/a> and wounded director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3522996\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joel Souza<\/a> on the set of the movie \u201cRust\u201d in New Mexico when a prop gun he was holding discharged, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/10\/25\/1048958712\/alec-baldwin-halyna-hutchins-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The deadly incident has sparked <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/10\/27\/fact-check-halyna-hutchins-tweet-information-hillary-clinton-arrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">some<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/10\/25\/fact-check-fox-news-alec-baldwin-ranting-donald-trump-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">misinformation<\/a> to circulate on social media. The latest instance appears to be an image of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BCLcommunity\/posts\/4910467148987668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">purported Oct. 27 statement<\/a> from Trump criticizing Baldwin in connection to the on-set shooting. It includes the \u201cSave America\u201d letterhead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA great President (me) once said \u2018I could shoot somebody and I wouldn\u2019t lose any voters.\u2019 Now Alec Baldwin, a total loser, has taken his impression of me to a new low by testing out this theory,\u201d reads the supposed statement. \u201cAlec, you aren\u2019t me! Now you\u2019re going to prison, as you should have because of that awful, terrible job you did on SNL (which I have hosted).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is, however, no record of Trump putting out the statement. Check Your Fact reviewed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donaldjtrump.com\/news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">various releases<\/a> on Trump\u2019s website and did not find any matching the one in the Facebook post. Statements that Trump released Oct. 27 include one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donaldjtrump.com\/news\/news-2779wpy9sp957\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">endorsing<\/a> a nominee for Staten Island Borough President, one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donaldjtrump.com\/news\/news-d5f3c7a5qv939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">criticizing<\/a> a proposed \u201cBillionaire Tax\u201d and one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donaldjtrump.com\/news\/news-nwudmtmzx2940\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">thanking<\/a> supporters for chanting \u201cWe Love Trump\u201d in Arlington, Virginia, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Liz Harrington, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/06\/18\/politics\/fact-check-liz-harrington-trump-spokeswoman-election\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spokesperson<\/a> for Trump, has also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realLizUSA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not posted<\/a> the supposed press release on her Twitter account, where she often shares pictures of statements from Trump. There <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=donald+trump+statement+alec+baldwin&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=nws&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiJteCCmO7zAhWbhXIEHX8WABwQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&amp;biw=1440&amp;bih=821&amp;dpr=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">don\u2019t appear<\/a> to be any major news outlets reporting Trump put out the statement, either<\/p>\n<p>Margo Martin, the deputy press secretary for Trump\u2019s office, confirmed to Check Your Fact in an email that the image \u201cis not a real press release.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/07\/21\/fact-check-donald-trump-statement-tom-brady-shady\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Donald Trump Release A Statement Calling Tom Brady \u2018Shady\u2019?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the statement in the Facebook post is fabricated, the former president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donaldjtrump.com\/news\/statement-by-donald-j-trump-45th-president-of-the-united-states-of-america-06.22.21-02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">did mention<\/a> Baldwin in one he put out in June. In the statement, Trump criticized the actor\u2019s portrayal of him on \u201cSaturday Night Live.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook allegedly shows a statement by former President Donald Trump about actor Alec Baldwin\u2019s on-set shooting incident.Facebook\/ScreenshotVerdict: False There is no record of Trump sending out &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"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-936907","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\/936907","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\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=936907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936907\/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=936907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}