{"id":993557,"date":"2021-11-10T09:13:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T14:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=993557"},"modified":"2021-11-10T09:18:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T14:18:41","slug":"fact-check-did-ryan-reynolds-wear-a-shirt-calling-trump-supporters-losers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-ryan-reynolds-wear-a-shirt-calling-trump-supporters-losers\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Ryan Reynolds Wear A Shirt Calling Trump Supporters \u2018Losers\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\">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-ryan-reynolds-wear-a-shirt-calling-trump-supporters-losers%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=993557&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\/?fbid=588716229034882&amp;set=gm.2909521299297064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows actor Ryan Reynolds wearing a shirt calling supporters of former President Donald Trump \u201closers.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7318480\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7318480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facebook\/Screenshot<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-993597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fact-check-did-ryan-reynolds-wear-a-shirt-calling-trump-supporters-losers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1120\" height=\"1564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fact-check-did-ryan-reynolds-wear-a-shirt-calling-trump-supporters-losers.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fact-check-did-ryan-reynolds-wear-a-shirt-calling-trump-supporters-losers-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fact-check-did-ryan-reynolds-wear-a-shirt-calling-trump-supporters-losers-733x1024.jpg 733w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fact-check-did-ryan-reynolds-wear-a-shirt-calling-trump-supporters-losers-768x1072.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fact-check-did-ryan-reynolds-wear-a-shirt-calling-trump-supporters-losers-1100x1536.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fact-check-did-ryan-reynolds-wear-a-shirt-calling-trump-supporters-losers-922x1288.jpg 922w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fact-check-did-ryan-reynolds-wear-a-shirt-calling-trump-supporters-losers-675x943.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fact-check-did-ryan-reynolds-wear-a-shirt-calling-trump-supporters-losers-480x670.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The message has been digitally superimposed onto Reynolds\u2019 shirt, which originally read, \u201cConquer COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reynolds, a Canadian-born actor, voted in the U.S. for the first time during the 2020 presidential election, according to a post he shared on his verified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CGqFS9CBf2Q\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>. Though Reynolds did not publicly announce who he voted for in that election, he did tell the Hollywood Reporter in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/video\/ryan-reynolds-talks-donald-trump-965347\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a 2017 interview<\/a>\u00a0that Trump \u201cdoesn\u2019t reflect [his] specific ideologies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=588716229034882&amp;set=gm.2909521299297064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">viral image<\/a> being shared on social media appears to show Reynolds wearing a t-shirt that reads: \u201cLosers in 1865, Losers in 1945, Losers in 2020.\u201d The shirt includes images of the Confederate flag, the Nazi flag and what appears to be a \u201cMake American Great Again\u201d hat. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/09\/17\/fact-check-george-clooney-shirt-losers-trump-supporters-nazis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Image Show George Clooney Wearing A T-Shirt Calling Trump Supporters \u2018Losers\u2019?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The picture, however, has been digitally altered. The original photo was briefly posted to Reynolds\u2019 Instagram story, as well as his wife Blake Lively\u2019s story, in April 2020, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/style\/blake-lively-joins-ryan-reynolds-promote-covid19-charity-shirt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People Magazine<\/a>. In the Instagram story, Reynolds posed with Lively while wearing a black shirt that says \u201cConquer COVID-19.\u201d The unaltered image can be found in articles published by <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/style\/blake-lively-joins-ryan-reynolds-promote-covid19-charity-shirt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People Magazine<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-8257947\/Blake-Lively-posts-pic-hubby-Ryan-Reynolds-sporting-tiny-ponytail.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Conquer COVID-19 is a grassroots organization \u201ccomprised of physicians, business leaders, entrepreneurs, and other volunteers who are working together to ensure frontline workers responsible for the health and wellbeing of Canadians have access to the resources they need during the ongoing pandemic,\u201d according to the group\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conquercovid19.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Reynolds also promoted the \u201cConquer COVID-19\u201d shirt in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VancityReynolds\/status\/1258758476060377089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 2020 video<\/a> he shared to his Twitter account. The month prior, Conquer COVID-19 had shared a picture of Reynolds wearing the group\u2019s official shirt on its <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/conquercovid19\/status\/1250808197541134339\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">verified Twitter<\/a> account with a caption that explained all proceeds from purchases of the shirt would be used to buy personal protective equipment for frontline workers.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time an anti-Trump message has been photoshopped onto a shirt worn by Reynolds. In September, <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/09\/29\/fact-check-image-ryan-reynolds-anti-trump-shirt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check Your Fact<\/a> debunked an doctored image that showed Reynolds wearing a shirt emblazoned with the phrase, \u201cIt Wasn\u2019t Rigged You\u2019re Just A Loser.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows actor Ryan Reynolds wearing a shirt calling supporters of former President Donald Trump \u201closers.\u201dFacebook\/ScreenshotVerdict: False The message has been digitally superimposed onto Reynolds\u2019 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"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-993557","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\/993557","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\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=993557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993557\/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=993557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=993557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=993557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}