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  • 2022-11-15 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Dwayne Johnson Wear This T-Shirt About Ruth Bader Ginsburg? (en)
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  • A post shared on Facebook allegedly shows actor Dwayne The Rock Johnson wearing a t-shirt about deceased Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Verdict: False The image has been photoshopped. Johnson is wearing a plain t-shirt in the original image. Fact Check: Ginsburg, who was appointed by former President Bill Clinton in 1993, died in September 2020 and was replaced by Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, according to NPR . Johnson publicly backed President Joe Biden in the November 2020 presidential election, ABC 7 reported . The Facebook image, shared in Oct. 2020 but is recently being re-shared, claims to show Johnson wearing a t-shirt saying Vote & Tell Them Ruth Sent You. The image also went viral on Twitter, with one iteration receiving over 2,000 retweets. However, this image has been photoshopped. Through a reverse image search, Check Your Fact found that the image is from Dec. 10, 2019, according to Getty Images . It shows Johnson wearing a plain t-shirt without any political messaging. LOS ANGELES, CA – DECEMBER 10: Dwayne Johnson is seen at ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ on December 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by RB/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images), reads the image’s description. (RELATED: Did Dwayne Johnson Wear A ‘Keep America Trumpless’ Shirt?) There is no evidence that Johnson wore any such shirt in the run-up to the 2020 or 2022 elections. Johnson said that he was focusing on raising his family but did leave the door open to a future presidential bid, according to CNN . This is not the first time misinformation has spread involving a digitally altered shirt. Check Your Fact recently debunked an image claiming to show actor Tom Hanks wearing a shirt that read Keep America Trumpless. (en)
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