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  • 2022-04-12 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Trump Call Pence 'a Dog that Belongs on the Street'? (en)
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  • In April 2022, social media users enthusiastically shared what appeared to be a statement by former U.S. President Donald Trump in which he attacked former Vice President Mike Pence as a dog that belongs on the street. However, the statement was bogus and was not posted on Trump's website or by his spokespersons. Although Trump has been critical of Pence for not attempting to overthrow the election of Joe Biden in January 2021, Trump did not liken him to a dog in an April 11, 2022, statement. Our rating is therefore Misattributed. The phony statement was convincing to some social media users because it appeared in a similar style to Trump's official statements, which can be found on his website. It was dated April 11, 2022, and read as follows: When Trump issues a statement, it appears in one or more of three places: His official website; the Twitter feed of spokesperson Liz Harrington; or the Twitter feed of spokesperson Taylor Budowich. Those are such reliable and consistent sources of Trump's statements that the absence of a supposed statement from those platforms is tantamount to proof that the statement is inauthentic. As of April 12, a full day after the supposed Pet Pence messages was made public, none of those three sources held any record of any such statement. If further proof were needed, Trump's apparent reference to an Unknown Resister is revealing. The Unknown Resister is a social media project of Stand For Better — a left-leaning political action committee that produces self-described political satire — which posted the most widely shared version of the Pet Pence message, in April 2022. Since January 2021, Trump and many of his allies have criticized Pence for not attempting to overthrow the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election, while Pence has insisted that he had no right to intervene in the certification of electoral college votes on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump has repeatedly used dog as an insult, but not (so far) against his erstwhile ally, Pence. (en)
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