The image of the police officers comes from a photo of “South American riot police” that was uploaded to the Getty Images archive in 2008. A clear visual clue that the photograph was not taken in Portland was that the first officer’s shield is marked “Policia”, the Spanish or Portuguese word for police.
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When a Guardian reporter pointed out on social media that the image was not a genuine photograph of the generally small and tame protests outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Portland, the Oregon Republican Party’s X account replied: “We’re not reporters, just bad memers.”
Trump’s digital crew has been doing this for a while. They love to take 10 year old photos from opposite ends of the planet and announce “This is what’s happening in America right now!”
Not to mention when they used photos/videos of unrest on Trump’s watch and demonized those situations as BIDENS AMERICA
