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aggiesal

(8,918 posts)
Fri Sep 4, 2020, 10:38 AM Sep 2020

Trump Campaign Running Photo Ads Edited To Make Joe Biden Appear Older

Source: Huffington Post

By Jesselyn Cook

Yet again, Trump officials are using deceptively altered imagery to attack the former vice president.

President Donald Trump’s campaign launched a series of Facebook ads on Thursday featuring a manipulated photo of his presidential opponent Joe Biden edited to make the former vice president appear older.



The ads, which label Biden “Sleepy Joe,” show him gazing out against a dark background with his mouth slightly agape. The Trump campaign is also running near-identical Facebook ads featuring the same text along with the original, unedited photo of Biden, in which his skin looks much brighter and healthier.

It’s among the latest examples of Trump officials circulating imagery that has been deceptively altered or pulled out of context to attack Biden.

On Sunday, White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino tweeted a fake video that appeared to show Biden sleeping through a TV interview. A day later, the campaign’s “Trump War Room” Twitter account shared a truncated clip of Biden saying, “You won’t be safe in Joe Biden’s America.”

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Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-biden-older-facebook-ads_n_5f515dcfc5b6946f3eaf3fbe



The only one looking older is Pendejo45 himself.
Let's tarp over the walkway to the USS North Carolina, we don't want Pendejo45 to look bad and old.

Don't forget that nice Orange glow to his face.

Wonder what Pendejo45 looks like without makeup?
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Trump Campaign Running Photo Ads Edited To Make Joe Biden Appear Older (Original Post) aggiesal Sep 2020 OP
Maybe we should start running ads with pictures of him..... George II Sep 2020 #1
HA! Drum Sep 2020 #2
Hell yes, they started it! KS Toronado Sep 2020 #4
LOL...THIS IS CREEPY!!! onecent Sep 2020 #5
And this one where the wind caught this rat's nest of hair on airplace steps. iluvtennis Sep 2020 #9
Republicans are shameless fucks whose only hope of winning is to cheat their asses off. BKDem Sep 2020 #3
I would think Joe could get those ads pulled Bayard Sep 2020 #6
Li'l Don-Don's desperation is almost hilarious. Grokenstein Sep 2020 #7
I saw one of those ads on my phone a couple days ago, but ... left-of-center2012 Sep 2020 #8
At the risk of sounding like I'm piling on ... aggiesal Sep 2020 #10
"I'd say post it" left-of-center2012 Sep 2020 #15
I usually forward images that I receive on my cell phone ... aggiesal Sep 2020 #16
Biden is 3 years older than Trump Lasher Sep 2020 #11
Bleach Boy is nuts. Kid Berwyn Sep 2020 #12
Slanderous ... fabricating evidence ought to be illegal bucolic_frolic Sep 2020 #13
It's all part of Trump's "Endless Lies" Presidential Campaign. :) nt Sloumeau Sep 2020 #14

Grokenstein

(5,725 posts)
7. Li'l Don-Don's desperation is almost hilarious.
Fri Sep 4, 2020, 11:44 AM
Sep 2020

If we weren't talking about the Presidency of the United States, and how its current occupant is dangerously unfit, it would be a total hoot.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
8. I saw one of those ads on my phone a couple days ago, but ...
Fri Sep 4, 2020, 11:46 AM
Sep 2020

It showed a photo of Biden standing sideways,
and apparently about 40 pounds heavier in weight.

aggiesal

(8,918 posts)
10. At the risk of sounding like I'm piling on ...
Fri Sep 4, 2020, 11:52 AM
Sep 2020

I'd say post it, so the rest of us could see what's to come and counter it with truth.
I have a RW "friend" that believes in the RW bubble, so this may be an image they've received.

If you have the original picture, post that as well, to show the comparison.

aggiesal

(8,918 posts)
16. I usually forward images that I receive on my cell phone ...
Fri Sep 4, 2020, 03:45 PM
Sep 2020

to my email account.
Then I save just the image to a file and post it online.

I understand.

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