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Ten years on, Trump's Central Park Five claim resurfaces
Original: # TenYearsAgoToday # AreWeGreatYet October 7, 2016 – Donald Trump reiterated his false claim that the young men known as
Posts marking the anniversary of October 7, 2016 recall Donald Trump reiterating his claim that the Central Park Five were guilty of the 1989 assault of a jogger, despite DNA evidence and confessions that exonerated the men. Critics online revived the moment under anniversary hashtags, calling the claim false and using it to attack Trump's record on race and justice.
Why now: The tenth anniversary of Trump's 2016 statement has prompted users to resurface it as a point of political criticism.
Evidence
- # TenYearsAgoToday # AreWeGreatYet October 7, 2016 – Donald Trump reiterated his false claim that the young men known as the “Central Park Five” were guilty of sexually assaulting a jogger in 1989, despite DNA evidence that exonerated them. # TrumpMustGo # KingOfTreason #… · DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social · 5
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