It’s hard to tell just how many people have been fooled by a photoshopped tweet that makes it look like it’s from Donald Trump, but it’s a lot. Twitter user @Rivermansky63 posted it yesterday morning and it’s been retweeted a staggering 11,000 times since then:
https://twitter.com/rivermansky63/status/654579751244443648
He was quickly told it was a fake, but it was “so funny”:
@Jamie1km @tinstargames I should have guessed it wasn't real as it was a screenshot not a retweet. But it was so funny
— Alex M (@Rivermansky63) October 15, 2015
According to @Rivermansky63, the tweet was created by Jared Oban:
.@jaredoban here is the creator of the original Trump tweet that went viral under my name. Glad to meet the source
— Alex M (@Rivermansky63) October 16, 2015
Here’s what could be the original that started it all dated October 13:
??????? pic.twitter.com/cJK7IFzXuO
— Jared Oban (@jaredoban) October 14, 2015
2300+ retweets on that one.
Author CJ Werleman posted it later yesterday afternoon and has almost 5000 retweets on his version:
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Take all the time you need to process what Trump just said. pic.twitter.com/u2oG8zHFTo
— CJ Werleman (@cjwerleman) October 15, 2015
Verified users are passing it around, too, including Joan Walsh:
Face palm. @HillaryClinton @BernieSanders @TheDemocrats https://t.co/E7scWvsp1e
— kory (@KoryOnTheRadio) October 16, 2015
https://twitter.com/JamilahLemieux/status/655066308032229376
https://twitter.com/jasonjordan/status/654636770194141184
Come on, people. Enough already!
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