19 episode of Fox News’ “The Story with Martha MacCallum.” The photo was taken near the end of the show, at 3:51 p.m., and it showed a live shot of the White House as staff members could be seen on the roof working on the flag pole.īut there’s no evidence the flag was removed altogether. We traced the image of the White House used in the current posts to a Jan. We previously debunked the idea that then-President Donald Trump had “invoked” the Insurrection Act of 1807 in a bid to stay in power - and others, including PolitiFact, have addressed similar falsehoods about “martial law.” “This means selective martial law or that the president has signed the Insurrection Act.” “hen there is no flag flying over the White House it means that the power has been turned over to the military,” the fictitious posts read. The claim was paired with a photo of the top of the White House with seemingly no flag, and it appeared in individual posts as well as a long conspiracy theory video that gained traction on Facebook. The bogus claim suggested that there was no flag flying above the White House ahead of the inauguration, and that that signaled the military was somehow in control of the government. 20, despite a falsehood spread on social media ahead of the inauguration claiming that the military had seized power. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were sworn into office on Jan. In fact, the flag was flying above the White House on Jan. Before President Joe Biden’s inauguration, social media users shared a false claim that there was no flag flying over the White House - suggesting it was a sign that the military had taken control of the government.
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