Kentucky Derby winning jockey did not insult Biden
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- Published on May 4, 2021 at 18:28
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- By Natalie WADE, AFP USA
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“BREAKING NEWS Derby winner Medina Spirit’s jockey John Velazquez turned down a White House invite today saying ‘If I wanted to see a horse’s ass I would of came in second,’” says an May 3, 2021 Facebook post.
The claim also appears on Facebook here, here and here and on Twitter here.
The posts circulated shortly after Medina Spirit won the 147th Kentucky Derby on May 1, 2021. It was Velazquez’s fourth victory in the landmark race.
“It’s as false as false can be,” Velazquez’s agent Ron Anderson told AFP.
“He wouldn’t say anything derogatory about anything or anybody,” he added. Anderson also confirmed that Velazquez has not been extended an invitation to the White House.
There were no such comments made in the post-race press conference and no reputable source has published this quote.
Within the comments section of some of these posts there was confusion as to whether this quote was meant as a joke or not. A meme page called ‘That’s Funny Right There’ also shared the quote and some post authors began adding disclaimers to their captions, clearly labeling the post as a joke.
Posts similar to this one have circulated before as the name of the politician is easily interchangeable.
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