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  • 2018-08-06 (xsd:date)
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  • Are These 'I'd Rather Be a Russian Than a Democrat' Shirts Real? (en)
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  • On 5 August 2018, a photograph purportedly showing two men wearing t-shirts which read I'd Rather Be a Russian Than a Democrat while attending a rally for President Trump hit social media: Some viewers who encountered this image online were so bewildered by the shirt's message — Would supporters of an American president really voice support for a hostile foreign power over their fellow Americans? — that they wondered if the photograph had been doctored in some way. The photograph, however, is real. This picture was taken by Cleveland.com reporter Jeremy Pelzer at a Trump rally at the Olentangy Orange High School in Ohio on 4 August 2018: Pelzer identified the two men as James Alicie and Richard M. Birchfield and reported that the two men decided to attend the rally because they had never seen a U.S. president in person. Alicie and Birchfield offered some advice for Democrats: Although some viewers may have been shocked to see the phrase I'd Rather Be a Russian Than a Democrat on a t-shirt at a rally for the president of the United States, this slogan can be found on a variety of products offered for sale by several different retailers: It's unclear who manufactured the t-shirts seen in the viral picture. We've reached out to Teechip, a vendor that sells these shirts, for more information. (en)
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