Left: Screenshot of the Queen wearing a MAGA hat as pictured on the "Trump Train." Right: The Queen frowning (Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)
Unraveling viral disinformation and explaining where it came from, the harm it's causing, and what we should do about it.
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“Even if the Queen wrote me and said, ‘Please keep my picture on there, I love it,’ we are still taking it off,” Hall told Salon. “It's been in the designs now for two months now.”The image of the Queen, which is a doctored version of a photo taken in 2011, shows her wearing a red hat with the words ‘Make America Great Again’ emblazoned on it, as well as a brooch in the shape of a Q, the symbol of the QAnon movement.I did not design it, I just went to Google and typed in ‘cute Trump pictures’ and that is one of many things that came up,” Hall told ITV.The bus has been touring the country since January 2020, attending campaign rallies in support of then President Trump. The doctored image of the Queen went unnoticed until last weekend, when the bus showed up in Florida for an America First event that was headlined by Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has voiced support for QAnon in the past, and Rep. Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican who is reportedly being investigated by the Department of Justice for sex-crimes involving underage girls.
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