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Fact Check: Trump Campaign Used Footage of Spanish Riots to Represent ‘Biden’s America’

A closer look at a new campaign advertisement from US President Donald Trump’s team has revealed that images used to depict the country under former Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s potential presidential rule were actually from protests in Barcelona, Spain.

Sisters Catalina and Madeline Lauf took center stage at the Republican National Convention on Monday when they were featured in a segment supporting Trump’s reelection.

“The rioting, the crime. Freedom is at stake now, and this is going to be the most important election of our lifetime,” she adds, presumably making reference to the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement demonstrations that have occurred across the country.

Eagle-eyed reporting from the Catalonian public broadcaster CCMA confirmed soon after the advertisement’s debut that the images used in the video were from protests along Roger de Flor Street in Barcelona, Spain, in October 2019.

BuzzFeed News was also able to confirm some footage’s original source via a reverse image search on Shutterstock that turned up a photo with the description “young rebel riot revolutionary anarchist,” which was also taken in Barcelona.

Sourse: sputniknews.com

Fact Check: Trump Campaign Used Footage of Spanish Riots to Represent ‘Biden’s America’

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