{"id":990613,"date":"2021-11-09T16:29:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T21:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=990613"},"modified":"2021-11-09T16:29:09","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T21:29:09","slug":"fact-check-was-a-trump-won-billboard-placed-in-times-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-was-a-trump-won-billboard-placed-in-times-square\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Was A \u2018Trump Won\u2019 Billboard Placed In Times Square?"},"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\">22<\/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-was-a-trump-won-billboard-placed-in-times-square%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=990613&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\/photo.php?fbid=126734403077592&amp;set=gm.6409010175840934&amp;type=3&amp;eid=ARAjhe4RrHg-zzg8FBHzqTOYenl8o3wsJY1jV9D24n_xQEZQShUDNJmcwHs-F32jl5fF7s4V4TQC5JUo&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCQFBSBrnhDR9TzPYTfPjkTphpGoaSe7qet6ckBscoYM7F_MSul5_qqcS6kYZjXh2kC31vsKrf-8buCexA07mbG9aEbyRSdOhcZOKSIZRV3QLqc8W2Fx5Zz4W2Agly2EUM6z7obtqYnws5KtGjxngJAwcEVcz_krSlRE4qaZnm4AWX2uM2t4rbPi7nsnXVJCnYQpvGwJ5IWbfSMyZzNMXknupfzC6Q5HM8ds13OVYssk1C_c1-6nK6RxJf0AirYUFbUfmrG9UqJ-4arL25e8bu6DwLCz0GUizs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> over 5,000 times purportedly shows a billboard in Times Square that claims former President Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7318030\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7318030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facebook\/Screenshot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The image has been digitally altered. In the original image, the billboard reads, \u201cTRUMP LOST \u2013 NO MORE \u2018AUDITS.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>More than a year has passed since President Joe Biden was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston25news.com\/news\/massachusetts\/ap-joe-biden-declared-winner-2020-presidential-election\/A6RZKBJYRBGRPFHKB44R57UIFI\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">declared<\/a> the winner of the 2020 presidential election yet some <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/poll-two-thirds-of-republicans-still-think-the-2020-election-was-rigged-165934695.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Americans<\/a> still insist the election was rigged. One image being shared on social media shows what appears to be a billboard in Times Square that shows a picture of Trump and reads, \u201cTRUMP WON \u2013 AUDIT EVERY STATE!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the picture has been digitally altered. Through a reverse image search, Check Your Fact found the original image was posted on the Republicans For Voting Rights\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/accountability.gop\/trump-lost-billboard-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/accountablegop\/status\/1448393694890057734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> account where it shows a billboard that reads, \u201cTRUMP LOST \u2013 NO MORE \u2018AUDITS.&#8217;\u201d Republicans For Voting Rights is an initiative of the Republican Accountability Project, which advocates for election integrity, according to its <a href=\"https:\/\/accountability.gop\/rvr\/#about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.6290801186944\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today, Republicans for Voting Rights (RVR) launched a billboard campaign across the country in response to reckless Republican calls for sham audits of the 2020 election. Here\u2019s one we\u2019ve put up in New York City\u2019s Times Square: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/96tweL9l9w\">pic.twitter.com\/96tweL9l9w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Republican Accountability Project (@AccountableGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AccountableGOP\/status\/1448393694890057734?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The group announced the billboard in an Oct. 13 tweet stating, \u201cToday, Republicans for Voting Rights (RVR) launched a billboard campaign across the country in response to reckless Republican calls for sham audits of the 2020 election. Here\u2019s one we\u2019ve put up in New York City\u2019s Times Square.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/07\/30\/fact-check-donald-trump-win-every-state-new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: No Donald Trump Did Not Win Every State Except New York In The 2020 Election)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The billboard is a part of a $250,000 campaign to get lawmakers to reject Trump\u2019s calls to have the 2020 election results audited, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/giant-trump-lost-no-more-audits-us-election-billboard-new-york-times-square-1639256\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newsweek<\/a>. The same billboard will be placed in every state where there are ongoing talks of auditing the 2020 election, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook over 5,000 times purportedly shows a billboard in Times Square that claims former President Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election.Facebook\/ScreenshotVerdict: False The image has &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"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-990613","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\/990613","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\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=990613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990613\/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=990613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=990613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=990613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}