Twitter Adds Warning Label to Dan Scavino Tweet of Video From Joe Biden Speech

The White House director of social media made it seem like the Democratic candidate was endorsing President Trump

Twitter said last month that it would begin adding warning labels to content containing synthetic and manipulated media March 5, and the label made its debut over the weekend on a tweet by White House director of social media Dan Scavino.

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Scavino tweeted video footage of former Vice President and current Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaking at a rally in Kansas City, Mo., Saturday.

Biden actually said during his speech, “Excuse me. We can only re-elect Donald Trump if in fact we get engaged in this circular firing squad here.

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