Scalise Faces Backlash From Biden and Pelosi After Sharing Video With ‘Doctored’ Words
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) is facing backlash from his Democratic colleagues after sharing a video that appears to have doctored audio altering the dialogue of an interview between Democratic presidential…
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) is facing backlash from his Democratic colleagues after sharing a video that appears to have doctored audio altering the dialogue of an interview between Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and activist Ady Barkan.
On Sunday evening, Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) took to Twitter to share their disapproval of the video as they called for the video to be taken down.
Pelosi tweeted, “ tried to steal health care with more than 60 votes to repeal or undermine Americans’ health care. Now, he’s trying to steal Ady’s words by lying. Congressman Scalise must take his doctored video down and apologize immediately.”
Twitter also previously flagged the since-deleted video shared by Scalise as “manipulated.”
Biden also echoed similar sentiments, tweeting, “This video is doctored — and a flagrant attempt to spread misinformation at the expense of a man who uses assistive technology. It should be removed. Now.”
Additionally, Biden spokesman Andrew Bates said the video was a “deep fake.”
Biden and Pelosi’s tweets came shortly after Barkan called out Scalise for altering his words.