Posted on 04/20/2024 10:59:48 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
After O.J. Simpson’s death, former U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, "Just like your favorite President, ME, he was accused of horrible things. He said he didn't do those things and I am just as innocent as him!"
We were unable to find evidence of Trump ever making such a post on Truth Social. If Trump had made such a post, it would have been covered widely by verified news organizations because of the controversial subject matter. Given that there is no substantial proof of a post ever existing, aside from screenshots without a direct link to the source, we rate this claim as "False."
The image is a screenshot that makes a number of references to Simpson's history, including the phrases "razor sharp" and "killer smile," suggesting that it was made as an off-color joke, given that the victims were fatally stabbed. While Trump has been criticized for making many controversial remarks in the past, the last sentence in the post is a jab at Trump himself, making it unlikely that he wrote it: "I am just as innocent as him."
Trump has made spelling and grammatical errors in social media posts before, but the high number of mistakes in this purported post also indicates it could be intended to poke fun at Trump.
There is no available link to the original post, which also raises suspicion. Using Google's reverse-image search tool, we could not trace the post to any reliable source or Trump's verified Truth Social profile. His profile has no such post about Simpson. Even if it were a deleted post, there is no way to confirm the veracity of the post without the original link to it.
(Excerpt) Read more at snopes.com ...
I must say, we are living in a very interesting time.
I must say, we are living in a very interesting time.
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I don’t consider facing pure, unadulterated Evil very interesting.
I sure hope he didn’t post that remark.
Making trouble for yourself that doesn’t need to be made.
No way did he post that!
The crazies are getting desperate.
I stopped reading when I saw the word snopes.
LOL. Is Snopes still around? LOL!
Click Bait! More Bs. Starts the whole thing off by quoting what he knows is not true to get clicks. Disgusting.
Starts the whole thing off by quoting what
he knows is not true to get clicks.
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Well we help him along as we keep clicking.
Great point. Why don’t we stop clicking? There are a few here on FR that are click vampires.
It’s really silly to even ‘think’ he might have. Even leftist SNOPES has to ‘Falsed’ it because if they’d have ‘Trued’ it they would have been sued to the hilt for libel.
Trump isn’t that clueless, although Biden now..........
Well, he (author) did come from Al Jazeera.....
So...OJ was guilty?
Next thing I guess they’ll be trying to convince me of is that professional wrestling is fake.
Hmmm- surprised snopes didn’t say
“Given that there is no substantial proof of a post ever existing, aside from screenshots without a direct link to the source, we rate this claim as “False. However, keep in mind that Trump is a big doodie head, and therefore it is probably that he did say it, therefore, our false label should be taken with a grain of salt”
Totally made up. Thank you MSM.
i thought snopes was banned from free republic ...
I find that one hard to believe.
As far as I know, Trump has never deleted any of his tweets or truths.
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