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- A photo of people gathered at the bottom of an airstair leading to a green screen is from 2017, when an actor in the show "Designated Survivor" posted the picture from set on social media.
Two photos circulating on social media are being characterized as further evidence for the theory that members of the Biden administration are staging events for the cameras.
"ENJOYING THE SHOW EVERYONE KAMALA," reads a recent Facebook post showing an image of an Air Force One replica and another image of people standing below an airstair leading to a green screen. "JUST ABOUT TO BOARD THE GREEN SCREEN."
In the second photo, the feet of someone wearing what look like black Converse sneakers has been circled in red. The person’s face isn’t visible, but the implication in the post is that it’s Vice President Kamala Harris, who is famous for wearing Converse.
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We’ve previously debunked claims that a bill signing in the Rose Garden was filmed at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta and that Biden faked an interview in front of a green screen.
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The Air Force One replica shown in the Facebook post is not from a movie set. It’s used for training at the U.S. Secret Service training center in Laurel, Md. The photo was taken in 2016, when Barack Obama was president.
The photo of the people gathered at the bottom of the airstair leading to a green screen also predates the Biden administration, and Harris isn’t in it. Other people wear Converse, too.
Kal Penn, who starred as Seth Wright, a White House speechwriter in the TV drama "Designated Survivor," shared the picture on social media on May 3, 2017.
"Here’s what it looked like to film this scene," he wrote on Instagram and Twitter. "Entirely green screen Air Force One. Just stairs leading up to a box. #DesignatedSurvivor."
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Facebook post, May 17, 2021
Tweet, April 25, 2021
Reddit post, April 10, 2021
PolitiFact, No, an image of a White House Rose Garden event wasn’t taken at a film studio in Georgia, March 17, 2021
PolitiFact, No, Biden didn’t fake an interview in front of a green screen, March 18, 2021
Vogue, How Kamala and her Converse rewrote the rule book on political style, Nov. 13, 2020
Getty Images, DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson and Sen. Mikulski tour secret service training center in Laurel Maryland, Oct. 26, 2016
ABC, Kal Penn as Seth Wright, visited May 18, 2021
Kal Penn Instagram post, May 3, 2017
Kal Penn tweet, May 3, 2017
Reddit post, May 4, 2017
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