By WG Dunlop -
AFP
The campaign for the re-election of the president, Donald Trump, claimed on social media that his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, was wrong to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
He offered a video as evidence but it is false: Biden was not reciting the oath but explaining that, if elected president, he would seek to serve both his supporters and his opponents.
"Joe Biden is completely wrong when reciting the Pledge of Allegiance: 'I pledge allegiance to the United States of America, one nation, indivisible, under God,
seriously,"
the Trump campaign posted on its official Facebook page on 22 September along with a video of Biden.
Screenshot of the post made by the official Facebook page of President Donald Trump's campaign.Facebook
The same false claim was also made on Facebook by several prominent conservatives such as Dinesh D'Souza and Sean Hannity.
The Trump campaign also uploaded the video to Instagram and Steve Guest, the Republican Party's director of Rapid Response, shared it on Twitter.
Trump has sought to portray Biden as a sleepy person and someone who is generally mentally incapable for the office of president, and his alleged inability to recite the Pledge of Allegiance fits into that narrative.
This innuendo resonated with some of the people who commented on the posts.
One said, "How can people think that [Biden] is mentally capable of ruling our country?"
Another wrote: "It may be the president of the nursing home."
The oath, which some students recite at the beginning of school, reads: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic it represents, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
The video released by the Trump campaign comes from an intervention made by Biden on September 21 in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
The full version of this speech makes it clear that he was not trying to recite the oath literally.
Biden was criticizing Trump for saying that the coronavirus numbers in the United States would be "at a very low level" if the states ruled by Democrats were excluded.
According to Biden, Trump is “saying that if you live in a state like Wisconsin, Michigan or Pennsylvania, states with Democratic governors, you are not his problem, he has no obligation, he takes responsibility for you as president, or for your family, or your wellness.
I don't see the presidency that way. "
“I do not pledge allegiance to the red states, the blue states.
I pledge allegiance to the United States of America, one nation, indivisible, under God, seriously.
I am running for president as a proud Democrat, but I am not going to govern as a Democratic president, I am going to govern as president, ”he said.
In addition to the Trump campaign's false claim about the Biden video in Wisconsin, the president and his team have openly shared manipulated images during the 2020 campaign.
AFP Fact Check has already denied manipulated videos of Biden that Trump has shared on social networks, as well as an advertisement for his campaign that included maliciously edited images of his Democratic rival.
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