During a speech former President Donald Trump said, “Even the lemonade is killing people” under President Joe Biden.
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Edited images falsely depict Donald Trump talking about deadly Panera Bread lemonade
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Former President Donald Trump did not make these comments. The captions were fabricated on screenshots of Trump delivering a Dec. 13 speech in Coralville, Iowa.
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The images appear to have originated on a comedian’s social media account.
Former President Donald Trump did not talk about deadly Panera Bread lemonade in an Iowa speech, although images with fabricated captions appear to show that he did.
Four screenshots of Trump delivering a Dec. 13 speech in Coralville, Iowa, were shared on Facebook, and the first was overlaid with text that read, "Everything is bad under Biden. Even the lemonade is killing people. Did you see that? People drink lemonade and die."
One of the other screenshots read, "The lemonade didn’t kill you when I was President. It was tasty and fun to drink. We loved the lemonade, didn’t we?"
Earlier this year, two Panera Bread customers who drank the company’s caffeine-charged lemonade died from cardiac arrest.
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The full video of Trump’s speech shows he did not make these remarks.
The screenshots appeared to have originated from a Dec. 15 post on comedian Keaton Patti’s X account, where it earned a community note.
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Facebook post (archived), Dec. 15, 2023.
YouTube, "Trump Speech Today LIVE | Former U.S President Donald Trump Holds A "Commit To Caucus" Event | N18L," Dec. 13, 2023.
X post (archived), Dec. 15, 2023.
Amazon, I forced a Bot to write this book: A.I. Meets B.S., accessed Dec. 19, 2023.
USA Today, "Lawsuits say Panera’s Charged Lemonade can cause cardiac arrest: Caffeine intake in graphics," Dec. 12, 2023.
The Associated Press, "Family sues Panera, saying its caffeinated lemonade led to Florida man’s cardiac arrest," Dec. 5, 2023.
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