Video shows World Series parade, not anti-Biden crowd
- Published on March 13, 2024 at 16:09
- 2 min read
- By Bill MCCARTHY, AFP USA
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"Wow! Huge crowd in Texas chants FJB. It's over," says a March 5, 2024 post, using an acronym for a curse-filled chant about the president.
The post from actress Pamela Hensley -- who has previously shared misinformation about Biden and other Democratic politicians -- shows a camera panning over a sea of people as they shout in unison.
Similar posts spread across X as voters in more than a dozen states flocked to the polls on March 5 for Super Tuesday's primary elections.
Former president Donald Trump won Texas's Republican contest, notching another primary victory as he seeks his party's nomination and a 2020 rematch with Biden, who won the state on the Democratic side, in November's general election.
But the video circulating online has nothing to do with Biden -- the chant in the film is, in reality: "Let's go Rangers."
A reverse image search revealed the footage dates to November 3, 2023, when fans packed the area surrounding the Texas Rangers' stadium for a parade and festivities in celebration of the Major League Baseball team's World Series victory (archived here).
The Rangers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks in five games for the franchise's first championship.
@texas_live History has been made ⭐️
♬ original sound - Texas Live!
The clip can be geolocated via Google Maps Street View to the parking lot and walking space between Globe Life Field, where the Rangers play, and Choctaw Stadium, a multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue located across the street in Arlington, Texas (archived here).
The rows of white seats and stage captured in the center of the video are also visible in live-streamed footage from the team's championship festivities (archived here).
At one point during the celebration, Rangers general manager Chris Young kickstarted a "Let's go Rangers" chant (archived here).
The same video has been misrepresented in several other ways since the November parade, with some posts falsely claiming it captured a demonstration in support of the Palestinian people, and others claiming it shows a different anti-Biden chant.
AFP has debunked other misinformation about US politics here.
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