Screenshot of Biden’s tweet about Rahul Gandhi is fake.
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Explanation
Rahul Gandhi arrived in San Francisco as a part of a week-long trip to the USA on 30, May 2023. Meanwhile, a screenshot purportedly showing a tweet by President Biden mentioning that “We welcome Rahul Gandhi to the USA. But just because India has become free from open defecation under the leadership of Narendra Modi, it doesn’t mean that you can come to my country to shit in open whenever you want” is viral on Twitter. This screenshot is widely shared with the caption that President Biden is angry with Rahul Gandhi. Some of the posts with such a claim can be seen here and here.
President Joe Biden bashing to Khangress disqualified MP राहुल on his visit to the US&A.We welcome Rahul but just because India has become free from open defecation under the leadership of Narendra Modi,it does not mean thatUcan come to my country to Shit in open,whenever U want pic.twitter.com/BJoNfV65Rr
— m.gopalamenon – gmai (@MGopalamenon) June 1, 2023
What is the truth?
When searching for the tweet on Rahul Gandhi by Joe Biden, as mentioned in the viral posts, we found no such tweets posted on President Biden’s Twitter handle. When searching with relevant keywords to know if Biden has tweeted about Rahul Gandhi, we found no authentic media reporting about the tweet. Media would have reported if Biden tweeted about Rahul Gandhi or if he had deleted the same.
When Biden’s profile is searched on Wayback Machine to find if any such tweet is archived, we found no such archived tweet on the site. We checked the snapshots dated May 30, 31 and June 1, 2023. But we ended up finding no such tweet on the Twitter page in any of the snapshots stored on these dates.
We also checked Biden’s profile using Social Blade, a social media analytics tool to check if he has deleted any tweet, but we found that no tweet was deleted on the said date.
A tweet of the viral screenshot by BHK with the username ‘BHKtweets’ seems to be the earliest tweet that we found. His Twitter bio mentions “Threads, Memes, Cartoon, Satire”. A link to an alternative account with the username ‘BHKslams’ is also mentioned in the bio. This Twitter account too has a similar bio as the former page.
Similar instance wherein a fake screenshot of a tweet was shared to claim that the Pakistan PM congratulated Congress for its victory in the recent Karnataka elections. Youturn fact-checked and published an article on the same.
Read More: Pakistan PM’s tweet congratulating Congress for its victory in the Karnataka elections is fake.
Conclusion
It is found that the screenshot of Biden’s tweet on Rahul Gandhi is fake as no such tweet was posted by Biden.
