Social media users are sharing a TikTok video with a caravan of supporters of President Donald Trump. Some reports claim that the video shows demonstrations that were on their way to Washington DC to protest on January 6 against the result of the presidential election. However, similar footage has been circulating since at least November 10, 2020.
Recent posts are visible here, here, here, here. Comments indicating that this footage is current include: “Here they come and can not be stopped.”
Thousands of Trump supporters, including a far-right nationalist group, are expected to gather in the U.S. capital on January 5 to oppose the certification of Congress the day after Republican President Trump’s defeat of Democrat Joe Biden. to oppose election on 3 November. here).
A search on the handle @ Kilawhale58 on the video platform TikTok shows that the clip was placed in this claim on November 14, 2020 (bit.ly/358slfW).
The edit seems to be a slightly clipped version with a presentation of the footage posted by the same TikTok account on November 10 (bit.ly/2L7cnvE). The comment section of this post states that the video was recorded on November 1, 2020 in Washington state and that the caravan ‘travels to a farm in Olympia to gather’.
Another video of the 1 caravan in Olympia, Washington, was shared by a local reporter on Twitter here . Other footage referring to the event has been posted here, here and here, on YouTube by the same user (@ Kilawhale58).
Reuters made similar demands using photos from 2020 to depict the upcoming demonstrations on January 6 here and here.
VERDICT
Incorrectly marked. The video was first shared in November 2020 to show a pro-Trump caravan in Washington state on its way to a meeting at Olympia before the presidential election, not protesters heading to Washington DC in January 2021 .
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