A photo taken during the protests last night where a Donald Trump rally had been scheduled to take place before the campaign canceled it has been making the rounds:
Trump cancels Chicago rally amid security concerns https://t.co/LVEGWkrAQ7 #Chicago #DonaldTrump photo by @ejwamb pic.twitter.com/tF1NTu8qui
— Chicago Tribune Photo (@ChiTribPhoto) March 12, 2016
A rumor soon started which claimed the woman pictured was a Bernie Sanders supporter named Portia Boulger, and Donald Trump Jr. tweeted it out:
https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/708672077654532096
Note: Trump Jr. deleted the tweet, but here’s a screen shot:
However, Boulger said this morning said she’s not the person in the photo:
I wasn't in Chicago last pm spreading some nasty. My hair is short. Come on 2 IBEW in Chillcothe & #GOTVforBernie pic.twitter.com/igtJNC7ITj
— ?#PortiaABoulger (@PortiaABoulger) March 12, 2016
The Chicago Tribune has also identified the woman in the photo as somebody else:
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/708684717508452352
@DonaldJTrumpJr That's incorrect. Her name is Birgitt Peterson and she's on team Trump. pic.twitter.com/VcFi8YGc0z
— Kendra Baker (@KendraBaker) March 12, 2016
That information was passed along to Trump, Jr.:
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Chicago Tribune says the woman is Birgitt Peterson of Yorkville, Ill.https://t.co/CaQRSIDjT1
— Garance Franke-Ruta (@thegarance) March 12, 2016
Fact check. The Chicago Tribune (which published the photo) ID'd the woman as Birgitt Peterson, not Portia Boulger. https://t.co/J6qDrjAOd7
— Michael van Poppel (@mpoppel) March 12, 2016
@DonaldJTrumpJr that's not her. Was debunked hours ago
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) March 12, 2016
.@DonaldJTrumpJr WRONG. Her name is Birgitt Peterson. Look it up on the original picture. #TrumpRallyChi https://t.co/mlRx1yysZQ
— JaymeTweeting™️ (@JaymeTweeting) March 12, 2016
Cause that's not the same woman. This is your problem. Own it. https://t.co/5vy3oIr2RU
— Mike Nelson (@mikenelson586) March 12, 2016
@DonaldJTrumpJr @voxday Already disproven. Not her.
— John Mark N Reynolds (@JMNR) March 12, 2016
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