A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland
[ . . . ] On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart.
When a Guardian reporter pointed out on social media that the image was not a genuine photograph of the generally small and tame protests outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Portland, the Oregon Republican Party’s X account replied: “We’re not reporters, just bad memers.”
Read full story at THE GUARDIAN: Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America | Portland | The Guardian
