In 2018, PolitiFact fact-checked a fabricated quote attributed to actor Keanu Reeves, who purportedly stated then-President Donald Trump was “the image of a profitable man and a job mannequin for each younger American.”
Reeves didn’t say that. And 6 years later, he additionally wasn’t photographed holding an anti-Trump shirt.
“Make jail nice once more,” reads the textual content on a shirt with a picture of Trump in an orange jumpsuit sitting behind bars. Reeves seems to be holding the shirt. An Oct. 27 Fb publish sharing the picture was flagged as a part of Meta’s efforts to fight false information and misinformation on its Information Feed. (Learn extra about our partnership with Meta, which owns Fb, Instagram and Threads.)
This picture was altered. The unique, taken in 2017 in Milan, exhibits Reeves at EICMA, a global bike exhibition. On this photograph, his arms are at his sides — not holding up a shirt.
This picture has been edited to seem to point out Reeves holding up different shirts. Snopes fact-checked one through which he seems like he’s displaying a pro-Trump shirt that claims, “I’ll by no means cease combating for America” and exhibits Trump along with his fist raised after a July 13 assassination try.
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We regarded for however discovered no proof that Reeves has endorsed Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, or Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee.
We fee claims that is an genuine picture of Reeves False.
