Did Trump Tweet He’d Deny Stimulus Checks to Any Who Used #NotMyPresident?







Fake Trump tweets were just the tip of the iceberg as misinformation swirled during the COVID-19 pandemic.







































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['U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted that economic stimulus checks would only go to those who have not made negative social media comments about him.', 'As the COVID-19 coronavirus disease spread in March 2020, social media hoaxes raced right along with it.', 'One such stunt was a fake tweet (displayed above) made to look like it was posted from the official Twitter account of U.S. President Donald Trump. The image suggested the president had blithely warned that relief checks from a COVID-19 stimulus package would only benefit people who had not published overt criticism of him on social media.', 'Specifically, the hoax tweet read:', 'Yes, I ordered the Treasury Secretary to send checks to Americans! First however, we will go through your social media history from the last 4 years and search for any post with #NotMyPresident in it. I wouldn’t think of offending you with a check if I’m not your president! #MAGA', 'We found no evidence that Trump authored this tweet. Neither a database dedicated to archiving his posts, nor a database that stores all of his deleted tweets had a record of this post.', 'Another viral but false quote suggested that Trump said of the COVID-19 pandemic, “People are dying today that have never died before.” He did not.', 'The above-displayed fake tweet was posted as lawmakers discussed a federal stimulus package that may include checks sent directly to Americans as part of an economic stimulus plan.', 'As countries across the globe have worked to slow the spread of COVID-19, they have implemented various strategies of social distancing and quarantine measures that have resulted in widespread job losses and work-hour reductions.', 'Menton, Jessica.\xa0“Unemployment: U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Jump amid Coronavirus Layoffs.”\n\xa0\xa0USA Today.\xa019 March 2020.', 'The New York Times.\xa0“Coronavirus Live Updates: Senate G.O.P. Plan Includes Large Corporate Tax Cuts.”\n\xa0\xa0Updated 19 March 2020.', 'Rumors about antifa plotting violence have coincided with the month of July and Gettysburg before.', 'A complete story is rarely told in a headline.', 'Social media rumors that two memorials in New York were vandalized proved misleading.', 'In August 2019, a 23-year-old unarmed Black man died after an encounter with police officers in Aurora, Colorado.', 'A chaotic scene in St. Louis sparked outrage, memes, and confusion.', 'Socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested on sex abuse charges connected to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.', 'The white supremacist group made frequent use of the slogan more recently embraced by President Donald Trump, though they did not, as some claim, invent it.', "The question of past arrests often surfaces among people who want to rationalize police officers' actions when Black men are killed in custody.", 'You can claim anything if you remove the barrier of evidence.', 'Rumors about antifa plotting violence have coincided with the month of July and Gettysburg before.', '© 1995 - 2020 by Snopes Media Group Inc.', 'This material may not be reproduced without permission.', 'Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com']
Did Trump Tweet He'd Deny Stimulus Checks to Any Who Used #NotMyPresident?