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Claim: The video shows Biden walking away from world leaders at the G7 skydiving event.
President Joe Biden's age has long been the subject of conservative attacks, even now, at 81, as he seeks a second term.
According to claims using edited or out-of-context videos, Biden once walked out in the middle of a news interview (lie), “turned around and shook hands with thin air” (lie), and sat on an imaginary chair at a D-Day event (He didn't)
A new video has emerged at the Group of Seven summit in Italy that people claim shows Biden “walking around” during the June 13 skydiving protest.
Conservative media outlets and others on social media seized a brief video clip of the event that showed Biden slowly walking away from other world leaders before being brought back by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni for a group photo.
“What is Biden doing?” An X Account RNC study conducted by former President Donald Trump's campaign and the Republican National Committee Posted on June 13 Sharing the video.
The RNC video had nearly 3 million views as of June 14, and it took off soon after spreading out with across social media conservative media outlets and dominant quote The video of the RNC and added claims that Biden has moved around.
A Daily Mail Captions for TikTok videos Said Biden was “surprisingly distant” and had to be “guided” back to the team.
“Jesse Waters Primetime” Instagram account shared the video and wrote, “Biden strolls through an Italian field at the G7 summit.”
The New York Post went a step further, Change the frame of the video To narrow it down, cut out a skydiver seen in the RNC video.
“President Biden Spotted Wandering at G7 Summit in Italy, Officials Needed to Bring Him Back to Focus,” New York Post wrote in an X postto link an article Which is credited to the RNC Research video. The post also demanded Print version front pageWith a title calling Biden “Mender in Chief.”
But a Long video of the incident, shared on YouTube by the G7 Italy account, tells a different story. At various points in the G7 video, you can see the parachutists on the right side of the frame, with Biden on the left.
In that clip, parachutists to Biden's left are seen on the grass as another one lands with a G7 summit flag moments before Biden speaks to them.
“Morning Joe” broadcasts on the cable news network MSNBC Showed the video From a different angle, you can clearly see several parachutists behind Biden to his left. He turns and speaks to them and gives a thumbs up sign, before Meloni turns his attention to the group photo.
The New York Post had X Post Tagged with a community note It says, “The video has been cropped.” We reached out to the New York Post and its editor, Keith Poole, for comment, but did not immediately hear back.
RNC spokeswoman Anna Kelly did not speak about the purpose of the video the group shared on X, but emailed links to the post, including an Italian news outlet's coverage of Biden's visit that described him. “Weak.” Another link Kelly shared is the Trump War Room post which featured the misleading cover of the New York Post.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told British publication The Telegraph That Biden turned around to greet the parachutists and didn't turn around.
“He went to talk to one of the pilots of the parachute jumpers. He went and shook hands with all of them,” said an archived version of the story in The Telegraph. The article has been updated to remove Sunak's quote.
White House Senior Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates confirmed that Biden was giving the skydivers a thumbs up and thanked the veterans. As conservative as he is out Adam KinzerA former Republican member of Congress from Illinois and conservative outlet Washington Examiner Calling out misleading claims.
Politifact's verdict
Social media posts including The New York Post, The Daily Mail and “Jesse Waters Primetime” claimed the video showed Biden walking away from other world leaders at the G7 summit in Italy where skydivers landed with each country's flag in an event. . in presence
But longer videos and videos from other angles clearly show Biden talking to skydivers on the ground before the Italian prime minister tapped him for a group photo. The New York Post edited a video of the RNC study to cut a skydiver out of the frame. The claim is false.
Our formula
- New York Post, X postJune 13, 2024
- daily letter, TikTok postsJune 13, 2024
- Jesse Waters Primetime, Instagram postJune 13, 2024
- RNC Research, X postJune 13, 2024
- Daily Wire, x postJune 13, 2024
- Benny Johnson, x postJune 13, 2024
- X postJune 13, 2024
- G7 Italy, Skydiving Flag Ceremony – G7 SummitJune 13, 2024
- The Telegraph, archived articles, Sunak defends Biden after 'walking away' at G7 eventJune 14, 2024
- MSNBC, 'They're pushing misinformation': Right-wing media shares clip of Biden minus contextJune 14, 2024
- Email interview, Andrew Bates, White House Senior Deputy Press Secretary, June 14, 2024
- Email interview, RNC spokeswoman Anna Kelly, June 14, 2024
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