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  • 2016-11-09 (xsd:date)
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  • No evidence to support rumors of 'We hate Muslims' chant at Trump victory rally (en)
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  • A viral tweet allegedly sent from the ground of an election night rally for President-elect Donald Trump said that thousands of his supporters were chanting a racist message. The claim was fake. I am at a Trump rally in Manhattan, and thousands are chanting We hate Muslims, we hate blacks, we want our great country back. Disgusting — Simon Rowntree (@SRowntreeNews) November 9, 2016 As Buzzfeed and others have reported , the tweet was sent from the account of a fake British sports journalist who has a history of making allegations about racist chants in mass crowds. Another Simon Rowntree account was suspended over the summer, but Buzzfeed managed to screenshot his Twitter bio, which said he was a soccer writer for Forest Echo News. The site‘s account has also been suspended but it declared itself to be a parody in its bio, per Buzzfeed’s screenshot. The parody news site was the creation of a group of friends who set up fake sports journalist accounts, a person who responded on behalf of Forest Echo News told Buzzfeed. Rowntree is likely a Forest Echo fan jumping on the bandwagon. Here are some examples of Rowntree tweets alleging chants of racial epithets at British soccer games from his current account. I am at Old Trafford and I can hear racist #MCFC fans chating You're just an expensive dabbing golliwog at Paul Pogba. This is disgusting. — Simon Rowntree (@SRowntreeNews) October 26, 2016 Atmosphere at Hampden Park building up. #RFC fans have now started to chant Refugee scum, fuck off back to Calais. Absolutely disgusting. — Simon Rowntree (@SRowntreeNews) October 23, 2016 Racist chants are not uncommon at British soccer matches, so Rowntree’s tweets are believable though unverified and likely satirical (see Poe’s law for internet parodies ). As for Rowntree’s allegation about the Trump rally, we have not found video footage or other evidence supporting it. Trump held his victory party at the New York Hilton in Midtown Manhattan, which can accommodate 3,300 in its grand ballroom. Rowntree claimed the chant began at 7:04 p.m., about 30 minutes after the event had began. According to videos, the crowds were rather subdued around that time. News reports indicate Trump supporters inside and outside the Hilton did not get rowdy until about 10 p.m., when projections began favoring Trump as the winner. A few dozen — not thousands — supporters roaming Midtown shouted T-R-U-M-P, we will beat Hill-ar-y, U-S-A and CNN sucks at about 10:25 p.m., according to Patch New York. And Trump supporters inside the Hilton began to chant lock her up around 2 a.m., CBS’ Sopan Deb and NBC’s Katy Tur both reported . Our ruling A viral tweet said, thousands of people at a Manhattan rally for Trump chanted, We hate Muslims, we hate blacks, we want our great country back. The widely shared claim is baseless, sent from a fake account tied to a parody British soccer news site. We rate it Pants on Fire. (en)
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