Trump’s 2020 campaign attacks Washington Post for reporting the president is not actually Rocky Balboa
Trump Twitter
November 29, 2019Election '20President Donald Trump’s campaign attacked The Washington Post with a bizarre claim.
The attack occurred after the president posted a photoshopped a picture of his face on the body of actor Sylvester Stallone’s body from the movie Rocky III.
https://t.co/11nzKwOCtU— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump) 1574870079
The newspaper tweeted, “Trump tweets doctored photo of his head on Sylvester Stallone’s body, unclear why.”
The Trump campaign took issue with the newspaper’s characterization.
“Washington Post claims – without evidence – that [Trump] shared a ‘doctored’ photo,” the campaign wrote.
Trump’s campaign was ruthlessly mocked for their attack, here’s some of what people were saying:
@TeamTrump @realDonaldTrump “The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, m… https://t.co/VFBeF9OQJF— Pé🌻🐀 (@Pé🌻🐀) 1574880625
@TeamTrump @realDonaldTrump So you’re claiming that Trump actually has Sylvester Stone’s body from Rocky III? Did… https://t.co/ERJ61giiq7— Kevin M. Kruse (@Kevin M. Kruse) 1574973517
@TeamTrump @realDonaldTrump This is the thing with authoritarian regimes and their loyalists. They gaslight so much… https://t.co/lCfxh6sHXE— Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 (@Olga Lautman 🇺🇦) 1574901639
@TeamTrump @realDonaldTrump Need evidence? These are definitely undoctored photos. Check them out, @POTUS.… https://t.co/gOErQaD78W— Suzie_B (@Suzie_B) 1574899628
@TeamTrump @realDonaldTrump Breaking: photographic evidence https://t.co/oLBwaG6UNa— RiotWomenn (@RiotWomenn) 1574948993
Spoiler: the photo is the evidence. https://t.co/NAsvmrDzN1— Scott Lincicome (@Scott Lincicome) 1574985005
Is your argument here that it was real? https://t.co/5xGWyj3ixD— Gary Legum (@Gary Legum) 1574977218
🤣🤣🤣 TFW you're living really really large. https://t.co/fNEjTjBgpZ— Josh Marshall (@Josh Marshall) 1574987550
