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Did Joe Biden Play ‘F*** tha Police’ at a Campaign Event?
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Did Joe Biden Play ‘F*** tha Police’ at a Campaign Event?

Nope.

Alec Dent
Sep 16, 2020
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A viral video on Twitter shows Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden saying he has “one thing to say” before playing a song titled “F*** tha Police:”

Twitter avatar for @TheUnitedSpot1The United Spot @TheUnitedSpot1
Joe Biden has just ONE thing to say and it ain’t good. Listen to this
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September 16th 2020

14,965 Retweets43,488 Likes

The video was even shared twice by President Donald Trump. 

Twitter avatar for @realDonaldTrumpDonald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
What is this all about? https://t.co/AAmBGgHhyR

The United Spot @TheUnitedSpot1

Joe Biden has just ONE thing to say and it ain’t good. Listen to this https://t.co/3nE1hHF1uS

September 16th 2020

39,077 Retweets142,984 Likes
Twitter avatar for @realDonaldTrumpDonald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
China is drooling. They can’t believe this! https://t.co/AAmBGgHhyR

The United Spot @TheUnitedSpot1

Joe Biden has just ONE thing to say and it ain’t good. Listen to this https://t.co/3nE1hHF1uS

September 16th 2020

21,500 Retweets78,996 Likes

The video is, in fact, an edited clip from Biden’s Kissimmee, Florida, event, during which he played the song “Despacito,” a popular Spanish pop song, a move which prompted criticisms of pandering to Latino voters. 

Twitter avatar for @sarahmuchaSarah Mucha @sarahmucha
After being introduced by Luis Fonsi, Joe Biden pulled out his phone and started playing Despacito ahead of his remarks kicking off Hispanic Heritage Month in Kissimmee, FL.
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September 16th 2020

7,817 Retweets33,840 Likes


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Old guy named Bill (OGNB)
Sep 17, 2020

Thank you for fact-checking that.

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Joe
Sep 17, 2020

I saw the original version first and it was pretty funny in cringey way. The new edition is just much better and hilarious. Biden seems more in rythym in the 2.0 version.

I'm not saying Trump is a mastermind but I do think he will put out some false information so left leaning fact checkers will correct the record. And in fact checking they will expose their leftist audience to facts they otherwise would not see.

I wonder how many on the left saw the original video before Trump tweeted the edited version? Now you can see the original embarrassing display all over the leftist networks. Of course if trump did something idiotic like the original clip the left would be playing it 24/7.

Another example of this is when trump said something like 2 people were shot in Chicago during obamas speech. Then the fact checkers jumped on the land mine and say things like "Chicago police records show no one was fatally shot in the city on Jan. 10, the day of Obama’s speech. There were five shootings, but none occurred while Obama was speaking."

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-check-trump-wrong-2-killed-chicago-obamas-farewell-speech

Five shootings in one day huh? I mean to the extent you think it is important how many shootings there are in Chicago this fact check is suddenly sharing facts Trump thinks are important and they would not normally cover.

This happens so often I do start to wonder if it is intentional.

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