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On 1 November 2016, the web site Red State Watcher reported that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton had canceled a campaign event in Florida after Donald Trump supporters bombarded with lock her up chants. Red State Watcher published two pieces of evidence to back up their claim: a photograph from the New York Times showing Hillary Clinton walking through a crowd as some people held Trump/Pence signs, and a Facebook post from an anonymous person claiming that Clinton was too afraid to get out of her car. The web site failed to note that these two pieces of evidence contradicted one another — if Clinton was too afraid to get out of her car, how was she also photographed talking to the crowd, clearly not in a vehicle? The photograph from the New York Times is real, and does show Clinton with a crowd of people (some of whom were holding Trump/Pence signs) in Pompano Beach, Florida. It is also evidence that the message posted by Salty Dad, claiming that Clinton refused to exit her vehicle, is inaccurate. On 30 October 2016, Clinton spent much of the day touring Broward County. According to the caption on the New York Times photograph, her Pompano Beach visit was an impromptu stop to greet a group of early voters: The Sun-Sentinel noted that the visit occurred outside the Emma Lou Olson Civic Center, not the Pompano Beach Amphitheater (where she was not scheduled to host a rally to begin with) and that while a few people chanted lock her up, it didn't stop Clinton from taking a few selfies with supporters: Subsequent reports that Clinton canceled the remainder of her campaign appearances (much like previous reports that President Obama had cancelled his) were also inaccurate.
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