An X account with 5 million followers shared a doctored photo of suspect Tyler Robinson in a Trump shirt before later posting the real picture.
An account with 5 million followers on X posts a fake photo of suspect Tyler Robinson wearing a Trump shirt and quietly follows up in a thread with the real photo.
The fake photo (which hasn’t been deleted) gets 400k impressions in an hour, and the real one gets 50k.
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— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 12, 2025
The fake image, still online, drew 400,000 views in an hour, compared to 50,000 for the correction. The posts fuel claims of a coordinated push to paint the alleged Kirk assassin as a Trump supporter.