Tweet screenshot Share on Facebook Following the shooting at a campaign rally for 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump on July 13, British Member of Parliament David Lammy claims to have posted on X about assassinating the president.
Verdict: False
This claim is false – Lamy posted the tweet about X in 2019, not recently.
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Britain’s new Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, condemned the shooting that took place at Trump’s July 13 election rally. IndependentAccording to the media, Starmer said “political violence has no place” and was “appalled” by the attack.
The Facebook post allegedly shows a tweet that Lammy sent to X in response to the July 13 shooting at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.[Four] “An American President has been assassinated, Snowflake,” the tweet read. The caption for the post called Lamy’s comments “irresponsible and childish” and questioned whether it was “appropriate behavior” for him to make them.
This claim is false and the tweets are not recent. An advanced search of Lamy’s verified X account revealed tweets he had made. share Lammy made the comments on the platform in 2019 in response to a tweet from then-President Trump.
“No president in the history of our country has been treated worse than I have. The Democrats are frozen with hate and fear. They can’t do anything. This should never be allowed to happen to another president. This is a witch hunt!” Trump I have written at that time.
Four US presidents have been assassinated. https://t.co/jtE3Torx9K
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) September 25, 2019
Trump was referring to then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s announcement that she would open an impeachment inquiry into him, the report said. NBC NewsThe media outlet said the investigation came after reports that President Trump may have withheld aid to Ukraine in order to pressure authorities to investigate the son of political rival Joe Biden ahead of a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Similarly, Check Your Fact There is no reliable news coverage This suggests that Lamy’s tweets are recent, when in fact the opposite is true. Reuters The tweet was reportedly from 2019. Trump further commented on the tweet: Official Website his TRUTH Social Accounts This follows the shooting that occurred at an election rally on July 13th. (Related: No, the Secret Service didn’t ‘refuse orders to remove suspects’ before the assassination attempt on Trump)
Check Your Fact has reached out to Lammy for comment and will update this article if we hear back.
