There’s a photograph making the rounds allegedly of a female Trump supporter who was beaten on camera by supporters of Hillary Clinton. The photo, however, is actually the mugshot of a Tampa, Fla. woman arrested for a DUI in 2013.
First up, here’s the photo and tweet linking the woman to Trump:
@HillaryClinton Your supporters VICIOUSLY BEAT A GIRL ON VIDEO and @youtube CENSORED it! https://t.co/h2m7Vcczhe @realDonaldTrump #MAGA pic.twitter.com/A7ffzG7cI7
— Deplorable Wang (@PdxpSon) October 2, 2016
Dilbert creator Scott Adams then retweeted the photo and post with a comment that “Clinton has persuaded the public that violence against Trump supporters is morally justified”:
You get this because Clinton has persuaded the public that violence against Trump supporters is morally justified. This is on her. #Trump https://t.co/xdpJrOf99i
— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) October 2, 2016
He may be correct. But when confronted with the hoax, Adams doubled-down and asked, “does it matter” that this photo isn’t real?
I thought you'd be smarter than that: it's a picture of a woman in beaten in Florida by cops in 2013 https://t.co/un6njeAOh3
— Raúl Marzo (@marzetas) October 2, 2016
Does it matter? Clip art would make the same point. The video is real.
— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) October 2, 2016
Actually, the video he’s referring to does show a fight but it’s not clear that the person in the video was a Trump supporter or that it was censored by YouTube. For what it’s worth, there are two thugs in a car who do chant “f*** Donald Trump” later in the clip, but that doesn’t back up the narrative in the tweet.
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