Claim by Oregon GOP:
The Oregon Republican Party posted on social media that “President Trump on Sunday deployed 300 California National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon after a judge ruled that the Oregon National Guard could not be deployed,” illustrating the post with an image suggesting violent Portland protests.
Explanation:
The image used by the Oregon GOP was fabricated. It combined two unrelated photographs: one of “South American riot police” uploaded to Getty Images in 2008, and another of a 2017 protest in Brazil from Pexels. The police shields in the image display the word “Policia,” showing it was not taken in the United States.
The Guardian confirmed that the Oregon GOP’s depiction of “Portland burning” was based on these foreign photos. When confronted, the party’s X account responded, “We’re not reporters, just bad memers.”
Conclusion:
Fact or Fiction? Fiction. The Oregon GOP used a doctored image combining foreign photos to misrepresent protests in Portland.
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Sadly, they used a fake photo just to make a point. Stuff like this makes it even harder to know what’s real anymore.