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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Thu Dec 21, 2017, 02:41 PM Dec 2017

Trump rescued cats during hurricane - press didn't report it!

Trump Fans Share Bogus Snap Of Him Saving Cats From Harvey

The president grabs two felines from floodwater in the clearly fake picture.

Don’t believe that viral photograph that appears to show President Donald Trump rescuing cats in Texas after Hurricane Harvey.
It’s bogus.

The image of Trump appearing to hold two ginger felines in his arms while wading waist deep through floodwater began circulating among his supporters in the wake of the devastating storm.

One pro-Trump Facebook page, called “All about President Trump,” posted the snap with the caption, “Things the media forgets!”
That post alone has now been shared more than 16,000 times.

But as the myth-debunking Snopes.com has proved, the image is totally fake.
Des Moines Register photographer Harry Baumert actually took the original photograph of a man named Brandon Smith who was saving his two cats from flooding in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in June 2008, per the website.

Someone else has now simply edited Trump’s head and his red “Make America great again” cap into the snap. Baumert’s initial photograph no longer appears to be available online, but photographer David Greedy captured a similar scene at the same time.




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Trump rescued cats during hurricane - press didn't report it! (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Dec 2017 OP
I saw him help an old lady cross the street the other day dalton99a Dec 2017 #1
I saw him climb a tree Bob Loblaw Dec 2017 #5
Not mention to Shitler suddenly lost 100 lbs.?? The Delporables are sick children. Sad! Fred Sanders Dec 2017 #2
How could anyone look at the person's body and believe it's trump CatMor Dec 2017 #3
Ok - somebody has to do it: "That's not the kind of pu$$y he brags about grabbing." Siwsan Dec 2017 #4
Hah! That was my first thought also! NastyRiffraff Dec 2017 #18
He wears jeans marybourg Dec 2017 #6
Why isn't he walking ON the water? left-of-center2012 Dec 2017 #7
He also performs free brainsurgery in the White House basement. Notice how NOBODY talks about this.. marble falls Dec 2017 #8
I saw him suck Mike Pence's head right up his ass grantcart Dec 2017 #9
You know what's not a fake picture? This picture of the Mayor of San Juan. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2017 #10
Trump should only wish he had that body wryter2000 Dec 2017 #11
Why isn't he a good enough golfer to score 18 holes in one... brooklynite Dec 2017 #12
Anybody who knows anything at all about this man knows DAMN WELL that ain't the kind of pussy Kirk Lover Dec 2017 #13
Grabbing pussies gibraltar72 Dec 2017 #14
So, then he gained a hundred pounds in a couple of days? sinkingfeeling Dec 2017 #15
Man in background man went reverse, peacebuzzard Dec 2017 #16
thanks for saving the kitties Ed Bagley Jr!!!!!!! Takket Dec 2017 #17
Thats the secret ingredient in Mara lago stew. tavernier Dec 2017 #19
i thought the press *did* report on him grabbing them "by the pussy" 0rganism Dec 2017 #20
Ok...you went there...now we can all go on with our lives. Ken Burch Dec 2017 #22
Trump would NEVER go out in public in jeans and a t-shirt. Ken Burch Dec 2017 #21

Siwsan

(26,262 posts)
4. Ok - somebody has to do it: "That's not the kind of pu$$y he brags about grabbing."
Thu Dec 21, 2017, 02:48 PM
Dec 2017

There, I've thrown myself on that canard.

But seriously - he hasn't been that thin in decades, and as a germaphobe, he wouldn't even get close to that water, let alone pick up and save two sweet little moggies.

marble falls

(57,083 posts)
8. He also performs free brainsurgery in the White House basement. Notice how NOBODY talks about this..
Thu Dec 21, 2017, 02:57 PM
Dec 2017

Nobody talking about it is what makes it true.

If Trump had ever in his life saved a cat it'd be yuge, Sarah Huckleberry Sanders would have been bringing it up all the time. Hell its all the Orange Shitgibbon can do to keep from evicting Pence's 18 year old cat from the VP's residence.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
10. You know what's not a fake picture? This picture of the Mayor of San Juan.
Thu Dec 21, 2017, 03:05 PM
Dec 2017


You know, the one Trump called "nasty" while he was spending the weekend at one of his resorts.
 

Kirk Lover

(3,608 posts)
13. Anybody who knows anything at all about this man knows DAMN WELL that ain't the kind of pussy
Thu Dec 21, 2017, 03:08 PM
Dec 2017

he'd be grabbing.

0rganism

(23,954 posts)
20. i thought the press *did* report on him grabbing them "by the pussy"
Thu Dec 21, 2017, 08:23 PM
Dec 2017

eta - can't believe i'm the first person with enough bad taste to mention this...

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
21. Trump would NEVER go out in public in jeans and a t-shirt.
Thu Dec 21, 2017, 08:25 PM
Dec 2017

And he'd never step into floodwaters filled with untreated sewage.

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