On Thursday morning, Twitter user Tatiana Wright posted a photograph of a Trump rally in Florida with the caption "#US: look at #Trump #TrumpRally crowd in #Jacksonville #Florida! This is how #US #Democracy looks like ?? #Tatiana ???"
The only problem? The photograph was actually taken by Tom Withers, a sports writer for the Associated Press during the Cavaliers championship celebration in downtown Cleveland.
Before hitting mall, I snapped this at about 1 pm from Hilton balcony. Doesn't even do crowd justice. pic.twitter.com/oIVjTPE7F8
— Tom Withers (@twithersAP) June 23, 2016
And of course once fans caught on, Twitter exploded. Media outlet Breitbart even picked up the photograph as being a legitimate picture of the Florida rally - up until users pointed out that they were wrong.
LOL. Okay, guys.
(h/t @ConradKaz) pic.twitter.com/ABH7ljNp4x
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) August 4, 2016
Although Breitbart issued a retraction on their website and took down the photograph, many continued to criticize Wright for posting the picture in the first place.
@twright55 @HillaryClinton Nope I'm pretty sure it's still the cavs parade
— Squints (@Shelby_Kinas) August 4, 2016
But although Wright deleted the original tweet, she replied to almost every response she recieved, saying that posting the misleading photo was intentional.
@CoachJMcGuire @HillaryClinton Yes it is. I tweeted this picture on purpose, Hillary fakes her polls, I tweet fake pictures. -T
— Tatiana Wright (@twright55) August 4, 2016
Whether she meant to do it intentionally or not, Cleveland fans were less than pleased.
The "politician" claims this photo was taken at a Trump rally in FL, when it's CLEARLY the Cavs champ parade in CLE https://t.co/2LdQg1WXUz
— Kianna (@thewhitekianna) August 4, 2016
