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rogerballard

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Tue Oct 29, 2024, 04:41 PM Oct 29

Old photo of Obama's Dublin crowd misrepresented as Trump rally [View all]

Thousands of people attended an October 27, 2024 rally for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden, but a photo of people packed on a city street was not taken outside the New York arena. The picture spreading online shows crowds gathered as former US president Barack Obama visited Dublin in 2011.

https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.36L48U3

Also in USA today
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/10/29/ireland-obama-not-trump-rally-new-york-fact-check/75913276007/

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