A video of US President Donald Trump has surfaced on the internet in which he can be seen speaking at a rally and then the security rushing to him mid-speech after someone appeared beside him and shouted ‘Coronavirus!!’.
The caption in Hindi read: “Must Watch #CoronaVirus #Fear 😜😂🤣😅
कोरोना वाइरस के नाम से ही ख़ौफ़ पैदा हो जाता है।”
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FACT CHECK
When NewsMobile fact-checked the viral video, we found the video to be fake.
We ran a search on YouTube using the keywords ‘trump attacked rally’ and found a video by CBS Evening News dated March 12, 2016. The title of the video read, ‘Man tries to rush stage at Donald Trump rally’.
“Secret Service agents had to form a protective cordon around Donald Trump when a man tried to rush to the stage at a rally for the Republican presidential front-runner. The already high tensions at Trump’s rallies escalated in recent days with a Trump rally in Chicago being postponed due to security concerns.” the video description read.
This news was also covered by Fox News.
However, when we listen to the entire video carefully, ‘Coronavirus!!’ cannot be heard in the original video.
The above information proves that the viral video is doctored and hence is FAKE.
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