President Donald Trump attacked the media for promoting the #FakeMelania conspiracy theory that First Lady Melania has a body double who traveled in her place to Alabama last week with Trump as he paid tribute to tornado victims.
Screen images from ABC’s The View, March 11, 2019.
“The Fake News photoshopped pictures of Melania, then propelled conspiracy theories that it’s actually not her by my side in Alabama and other places. They are only getting more deranged with time!”
The Fake News photoshopped pictures of Melania, then propelled conspiracy theories that it’s actually not her by my side in Alabama and other places. They are only getting more deranged with time!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 13, 2019
Stephanie Grisham also spoke out on Monday, calling out ABC’s popular daytime news-entertainment talk show The View, “.@flotus & @potus traveled to Alabama to pay their respects & comfort victims of the tornado devastation. In typical fashion, @theview chooses to laugh in the face of tragedy. Shameful.”
.@flotus & @potus traveled to Alabama to pay their respects & comfort victims of the tornado devastation. In typical fashion, @theview chooses to laugh in the face of tragedy. Shameful. https://t.co/KzG2c4Th4a
— Stephanie Grisham 45 Archived (@StephGrisham45) March 11, 2019
FAKE MELANIA CONSPIRACIES RETURN: The internet is buzzing again with theories that first lady Melania Trump is using an imposter to stand in for her — the co-hosts investigate. https://t.co/f8u2wc159S pic.twitter.com/XNYBT9U6S8
— The View (@TheView) March 11, 2019
The New York Daily News reported Tuesday, “Melania stoically stood near her husband as they paused by crosses representing the victims in Beauregard — but some felt something was amiss. Could it be a Melania body double we have been seeing?”
Melania stoically stood near her husband as they paused by crosses representing the victims in Beauregard — but some felt something was amiss.
Could it be a Melania body double we have been seeing?https://t.co/WY2THxRfKa
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) March 12, 2019
The Bulwark’s Molly Jong-Fast was accused of photoshopping a photo of the President and First Lady paying respects at a memorial to those killed in the Alabama tornado outbreak by posting a photo without the crosses they were standing in front of. Jong-Fast added a snarky caption to her work. She deleted the tweet after being called out.
This is most likely what President Trump is referring to when he accused the media of photoshopping pictures of Melania.
https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1104167711679148033
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President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump took a moment stood in front of 23 crosses representing each person killed as an EF-4 tornado hit east Alabama.
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— WMBF News (@wmbfnews) March 8, 2019
