Posts Share on social media The video reportedly shows Minnesota Governor Tim Walz dancing in a provocative outfit.
Tim Waltz is overjoyed after a multi-horseback trail ride in the opposite direction.pic.twitter.com/kCmEQBTg5Q
— Shaughn_A (@Shaughn_A2) September 5, 2024
Verdict: False
The video has been edited so that Waltz's face is projected onto another person's body.
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The House Education and Labor Committee subpoenaed Walz as part of its investigation into a $250 million COVID fraud scheme by nonprofits in Minnesota. Fox News The group Feed Our Future is reportedly under investigation for alleged fraud involving a federal program that provides meals to children during the pandemic.
A post shared on X (formerly Twitter) appears to share a video of Tim Waltz dancing. The video shows a man wearing a pink cowboy hat and skintight clothing with what appear to be rhinestones.
The caption reads: “Watch Tim Waltz LIVE as he ecstatically poses after a multi-horseback trail ride in the opposite direction.”
This claim is inaccurate. Trusted News Reports The video suggests it was taken of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, and has been edited to show Governor Walz's face over the person in the video.
of Original Video The photo shows the face of someone who is clearly not Waltz. His face has previously been photoshopped onto the body of another dancer, which Check Your Fact has covered, and which has also denied similar claims about French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Waltz was spotted dancing with his family to Bruce Springsteen's song “Born in the USA.” According to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Times Now. (Related: No, the image does not feature a Guardian article about Tim Waltz dancing naked on stage)
This is not the first time misinformation has been spread online: Check Your Facts recently denied claims that Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich was photographed in a bomb shelter.
