A banner with a swastika, “Trump” and “Pence” is from a Michigan coronavirus protest.
More Info, People stand near the Michigan State Capitol to view a protest in Lansing, Mich., on April 15, 2020, over a stay-at-home order issued by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in response to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP), A protest against stay-at-home orders in Michigan was held April 15 at the capitol in downtown Lansing., A Facebook post shows a photo to suggest that Nazi sympathizers are also Donald Trump fans and protesting stay-at-home orders in Michigan., The image is titled, "And there it is — flag flown during Michigan protest in Lansing yesterday." A man holds a banner with the Nazi swastika in the middle. "Trump" is handwritten above the swastika and "Pence" is handwritten below it., The post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.), The photo shared in the post is not from the Lansing rally, which was held April 15., The photo dates back to at least March 2, when a Twitter user included it in a tweet. The user wrote that the photo showed counterprotesters at a rally for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders that she attended at Ann Morrison Park in Boise, Idaho., It’s not clear from the photo whether the banner was in support of President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, or whether it was meant to smear them., Video that the fact-checking organization Snopes linked to appears to show the same man holding the banner at the Boise event., Boise news media reported that hundreds of people on Feb. 29 had marched from the capitol to the park, where an event was held in support of Sanders, who ended his campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination on April 8., A post containing a photo of a man carrying a banner that bears a swastika and the last names of the president and the vice president is not from a demonstration in Lansing, Mich., that protested stay-at-home coronavirus orders., We rate the post False., Facebook, post, April 17, 2020, Snopes, "Was a Swastika Flag Displayed at Operation Gridlock Protest?," April 17, 2020, KTVB-TV, "Hundreds of Bernie Sanders supporters march in Boise," Feb. 29, 2020, KIVI-TV, "Idahoans take to the streets in support of their political affiliations," Feb. 29, 2020, Reason, "Don\t Get Fooled by Fake Photos of Coronavirus Lockdown Protests," April 20, 2020, Twitter, tweet, March 2, 2020, YouTube, video (4:20), March 2, 2020, Twitter, tweet, March 2, 2020, YouTube, "Viral Michigan Pro-Trump Swastika Photo Is a Hoax" video, April 18, 2020, The Principles of the Truth-O-Meter, In a world of wild talk and fake news, help us stand up for the facts., Sign me up, District of Columbia\n\n\n\n1100 Connecticut Ave. NW\nSuite 1300B\n\nWashington, DC\n20036, Florida\n\n\n801 3rd St. S\n\nSt. Petersburg, FL\n33701\n727-821-9494
PolitiFact | Trump-swastika-Pence banner photo is not from a COVID-19 protest