US President Joe Biden’s tweet on Rahul Gandhi’s US visit is fabricated
The US President did not tweet such remarks about Rahul Gandhi, and the viral screenshot is fabricated.
By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 3 Jun 2023 10:03 AM GMT
(Source: Twitter)
Hyderabad: A screenshot of a tweet purportedly by President Joe Biden mocking Rahul Gandhi’s recent visit to the United States is going viral on social media. The alleged tweet dated 31 May reads, “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 sh*t in open whenever you want.”
Facebook users are also sharing the tweet. Click here and here to view them.
Fact Check
NewsMeter verified that the US President did not tweet such remarks about Rahul Gandhi, and the viral screenshot is fabricated.
We ran an advanced search of the tweet on Twitter but could not find any such tweet from the official handle of the US President.
We also skimmed through the official account of the US President but did not find any such tweet dated 31 May.
(Source: Twitter)
We also checked the archived versions of the US President’s Twitter profile saved on 31 May but did not find the viral tweet. Click here, here, here, here, here, and here for the archived tweets.
From the analytical tool Social Blade, we confirmed that no tweets were deleted by the president’s official handle @POTUS on 31 May.
From this, we conclude that the viral tweet is fabricated and the claim that US President Joe Biden mocked Rahul Gandhi is false.
