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Does One of President Trump’s Retweets Display ‘BERNIE BEATS TRUMP’? Claim A retweet by Donald Trump displayed a handle reading BERNIE BEATS TRUMP on February 11 2020, after the original user changed their display name. Rating True Like this fact check? Reporting On February 11 2020, a screenshot of United States President Donald Trump retweeting an account showing the name BERNIE BEATS TRUMP appeared on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CANCEL_SAM/status/1227264910171787265 At 11:02 AM on February 11 2020, Trump retweeted a post from user @CANCEL_SAM which included a photograph of Trump with former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg. Trump added commentary describing Bloomberg as short and calling him Mini Mike: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1227261625167732736 When Trump decided to retweet @CANCEL_SAM, his displayed name was most likely not BERNIE BEATS TRUMP: Other people on the social media platform described @CANCEL_SAM ‘s quick revision as a clever act of political trolling: This is, and I can’t stress it enough, the finest act of political trolling in United States history. @CANCEL_SAM is the Hunter S. Thompson of our time. pic.twitter.com/gUObx2NbAE — Aren R. LeBrun (@proustmalone) February 11, 2020 As of 1:04 PM on February 11 2020, the name change remained visible at the top of Trump’s Twitter timeline; it is archived here in the event the retweet is removed or altered. Posted in Fact Checks , Viral Content Tagged bernie beats trump , bernie sanders , donald trump , donald trump twitter , political pranks , trump tweets bernie beats trump , twitter
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