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  • 2020-01-27 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Kobe Bryant Say ‘A #POTUS Whose Name Alone Creates Division... (en)
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  • Did Kobe Bryant Say ‘A #POTUS Whose Name Alone Creates Division and Anger ... Can’t Possibly ‘Make America Great Again’? Claim Kobe Bryant said a #POTUS whose name alone creates division and anger[,] whose words inspire dissension and hatred can't possibly 'Make America Great Again.' Rating True Like this fact check? Reporting After the sudden death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant on January 26 2020, the Facebook page Call to Activism shared the following meme, which purportedly quoted Bryant speaking about United States President Donald Trump: https://www.facebook.com/calltoactivism/photos/a.351436888576707/1055062054880850/?type=3&theater White and yellow text against a black and white image of Bryant on the court read: A #POTUS whose name alone creates division and anger. Whose words inspire dissension and hatred can’t possibly ‘Make America Great Again' -Kobe Bryant 1978-2020 Not long after news broke that Bryant was possibly one of several fatalities in a helicopter crash near the southern California city of Calabasas, Trump tweeted twice expressing condolences and praising the athlete: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1221582230008619016 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1221582230990073856 Trump’s two-tweet statement read in full: Kobe Bryant, despite being one of the truly great basketball players of all time, was just getting started in life. He loved his family so much, and had such strong passion for the future. The loss of his beautiful daughter, Gianna, makes this moment even more devastating.... .....Melania and I send our warmest condolences to Vanessa and the wonderful Bryant family. May God be with you all! Florida is where wokes go to die... Please enable JavaScript Florida is where wokes go to die Former U.S. President Barack Obama also acknowledged Bryant’s death on Twitter: Kobe was a legend on the court and just getting started in what would have been just as meaningful a second act. To lose Gianna is even more heartbreaking to us as parents. Michelle and I send love and prayers to Vanessa and the entire Bryant family on an unthinkable day. — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 26, 2020 Obama wrote: Kobe was a legend on the court and just getting started in what would have been just as meaningful a second act. To lose Gianna is even more heartbreaking to us as parents. Michelle and I send love and prayers to Vanessa and the entire Bryant family on an unthinkable day. Near the top of replies to Trump’s first tweet were apparent screenshots of a tweet by Bryant: pic.twitter.com/G9iLGLHg6Q — John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) January 27, 2020 In a tweet dated September 23 2017, Bryant said : A #POTUS whose name alone creates division and anger. Whose words inspire dissension and hatred can't possibly Make America Great Again — Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) September 23, 2017 On a meme created after Kobe Bryant’s death, a meme quoted him as saying a President whose name alone creates division and anger and whose words inspire dissension and hatred can’t possibly ‘Make America Great Again.' That quote is real, and it was taken from a tweet posted by Bryant in September 2017. Posted in Fact Checks , Viral Content Tagged barack obama , call to activism facebook , donald trump , kobe bryant , kobe bryant death , viral facebook posts , viral tweets (en)
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