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  • 2022-09-26 (xsd:date)
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  • ‘Kyrsten Sinema Introducing Donald Trump’ Video – Truth or Fiction? (en)
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  • ‘Kyrsten Sinema Introducing Donald Trump’ Video Claim BREAKING: After teaming up with Mitch McConnell today in Louisville to give a speech on Bipartisanship, Kyrsten Sinema introduces Donald Trump. Rating Not True Like this fact check? Reporting On September 26 2022, Twitter user Paul Lahticks (@PaulLahticks) shared a purported video showing Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona) with former U.S. President Donald Trump: BREAKING: After teaming up with Mitch McConnell today in Louisville to give a speech on Bipartisanship, Kyrsten Sinema introduces Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/ijJLheMqXR — Paul Lahticks (@PaulLahticks) September 26, 2022 A chyron across the video read Kyrsten Sinema Appears With Donald Trump, with Speaking at Treasure Island in Las Vegas below that; a watermark across the video read @PaulLeeTeeks (politics.) The tweet stated: BREAKING: After teaming up with Mitch McConnell today in Louisville to give a speech on Bipartisanship, Kyrsten Sinema introduces Donald Trump. Florida is where wokes go to die... Please enable JavaScript Florida is where wokes go to die Fox10Phoenix.com was also visible in the frame, and the clip was dated September 26 2022. A search of that (real) local news site for Sinema and Trump returned no matching content when sorted by date. A Twitter bio for @PaulLahticks read Changing the world by any MEMES necessary, indicating the account was possibly devoted to satirical content. As of September 26 2022, the account’s pinned tweet featured what was clearly a parody video of Trump Tower: Trump Tower, NY. pic.twitter.com/ZHZwCQ8qLY — Paul Lahticks (@PaulLahticks) September 3, 2022 Several accounts shared the Sinema and Trump tweet, presumably taking it at face value. However, one of the most noticeable reply tweets featured the original video footage, without Sinema: No it’s fake. This is the real video. https://t.co/iwmyW0d9O4 — Greg Tenor (@gregtenor93) September 26, 2022 In both clips, Trump embraced the woman at the podium, then grabbed the microphone and said: And is this a set up? Did I ever meet you before? In subsequent tweets, @PaulLahticks addressed questions about the clip’s veracity and purpose. In one, he said the clip was political satire: Look to all the newcomers that can’t seem to grasp the simple fucking concept of ‘political satire’ and got their snowflaked panties all in bunch because it’s ‘not real’, FUCK off. It’s fun, it’s funny – and if you’re being honest it’s not that far off from really happening. On September 26 2022, video purportedly showing Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona) introducing former United States President Donald Trump (R) was shared to Twitter. The clip was a deepfake, based on a previous video of Trump. @PaulLahticks shared the video, later explaining that it was intended as political satire. Posted in Disinformation , Fact Checks Tagged @paullahticks , @paulleeticks , fake videos , fox10phoenix , kyrsten sinema , las vegas , satire , sinema trump video , viral tweet , viral tweets (en)
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