The declare: Trump wore black and gold at Madison Sq. Backyard rally in solidarity with Proud Boys
An Oct. 27 Fb submit (direct link, archive link) reveals a picture of former President Donald Trump wearing a black go well with, gold tie and black and gold “Make America Nice Once more” hat. It additionally reveals a picture of a person’s black and yellow shirt that claims, “Spokane Proud Boys.”
“Each neo Nazi is aware of the importance of Trump’s Madison Sq. Backyard rally Sunday, channeling the well-known 1939 Nazi rally held there,” reads textual content above the pictures, that are from a submit initially shared on X, formerly Twitter. “As a sign, final evening Trump put aside his conventional blue go well with & purple tie in lieu of Proud Boys black and gold. He’s getting the band again collectively.”
The submit was shared greater than 1,900 instances in three days. Different variations of the declare have been shared on Facebook and Threads.
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Trump wore purple and blue to his Madison Sq. Backyard rally, not black and gold. The picture of Trump is from a Michigan rally held two days earlier than his occasion in New York.
Trump picture predates Madison Sq. Backyard rally
Trump wrapped up his last weekend earlier than the election with an Oct. 27 rally at New York Metropolis’s Madison Sq. Backyard. Some social media customers have been fast to level out that the venue – in a different location on the time – hosted a 1939 rally by the American pro-Nazi group, the German American Bund.
Others claimed the previous president wore the signature colours of the Proud Boys, an extremist group, on the rally.
However the picture of Trump wearing black and gold was taken throughout an Oct. 25 rally in Traverse Metropolis, Michigan, in keeping with the picture’s caption on Getty Images. Other photos captured during the event present the previous president carrying the identical outfit.
Trump was photographed carrying a blue suit and red tie with no hat at his Madison Sq. Backyard rally two days later.
The picture of the person carrying the black and yellow shirt was captured at a 2020 Proud Boys rally in Portland, Oregon, as seen on inventory picture web site Shutterstock. The colours black and yellow are generally linked to the Proud Boys due to its members’ signature“yellow-trimmed, black knockoff Fred Perry polos,” in keeping with the Southern Poverty Regulation Heart.
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Critics have linked Trump and the Proud Boys since he refused to sentence the extremist group throughout a 2020 presidential debate, as a substitute telling the group to, “Stand down and stand by.” John Kelly, Trump’s former chief of employees, additionally told the New York Times that Trump made admiring statements about Adolf Hitler, and an Oct. 22 Atlantic article referenced a time Trump allegedly spoke positively of Hitler’s generals.
USA TODAY reached out to Trump’s representatives and the customers who shared the submit for remark however didn’t instantly obtain a response.
PolitiFact and Check Your Fact additionally debunked the declare.
Our fact-check sources:
- Getty Photos, Oct. 25, Republican Presidential Nominee Former President Trump Holds Rally In Traverse City, Michigan
- Getty Photos, Oct. 25, Republican Presidential Nominee Former President Trump Holds Rally In Traverse City, Michigan
- Getty Photos, Oct. 25, Republican Presidential Nominee Former President Trump Holds Rally In Traverse City, Michigan
- Getty Photos, Oct. 27, Trump Campaign
- Getty Photos, Oct. 27, US-Vote-Politics-Trump
- Shutterstock, Sept. 26, 2020, The Proud Boys Host A Rally In Portland Oregon, Portland, USA – 26 Sep 2020
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