https://twitter.com/DrewHolden360/status/1267838604346380288
Obama alum using a photo from the Obama Admin and pretending it’s Trump’s fault certainly is some symbolism.
11:20 AM · Jun 2, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/1267471921026748419
https://twitter.com/the1codemonkey/status/1267828946894073860
https://apnews.com/afs:Content:8983690810
The viral photo, which has been edited, can be found on Getty Image’s stock website, where it was uploaded in December 2015. In the original, the lantern hanging in the White House portico is lit, along with several lights that surround the fountain in the front lawn.
The edited version that is being widely shared online has been darkened, and manipulated to remove the lit lantern.
Dozens of social media users shared the edited 2015 photo, claiming it showed the White House on Sunday night.
“Lights out at #WhiteHouse is a powerful symbol,” one Twitter user wrote.
Others claim it showed the White House Sunday night as Trump took shelter in a bunker. The Associated Press reported that Secret Service agents rushed the president to a White House bunker Friday night, as hundreds of protesters surrounded the executive mansion.
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