Question

Former President Donald Trump suddenly ended a rally after having a seizure on stage after he was booed.

Answer 1

After further research, I have found that this claim is false. Trump recently went to Pennsylvania to promote his new gold sneakers, the crowd started booing him while he was onstage. According to MSN, "Trump was met with loud boos as well as cheers at the Philadelphia Convention Center as he introduced what he called the first official Trump footwear." Therefore, based on my research Trump did not end his speech early or get a seizure while on stage. 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/chorus-of-boos-internet-erupts-after-trump-is-reportedly-hit-with-taunts-while-on-stage/ar-BB1irClK

Comments

I think this fact check is decent. You found a claim that disputes the original claim and does prove it false however I would suggest possibly going into a bit more depth about the situation and perhaps find a dew more sources to further prove that this claim is false because with only one mention of one source, its their claim versus the original claim and proving more sources can strengthen the proof that this claim is indeed fake. I found a few more sources that help to further back your claim up.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-met-boos-chants-selling-sneakers-philadelphia/story?id=107329562
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRlbu0e0Lf8
-> https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump?lang=en AND https://www.instagram.com/realdonaldtrump/?hl=en

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I did not find any additional claims that refuted or confirmed this so it must be false.

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I like that you used a political source to see if it was true. This would be a source to announce if Trump ended his speech early or seized on stage. Overall, I feel like this was a good fact-check and lets us know if the claim was true or false.

Answer 2

After doing some outside research I can not confirm this claim to be true. The original TikTok post is filled with comments from confused/concerned users. I could not find any other sources claiming that Donald Trump suffered from a seizure. The original user who posted this video on TikTok, "olivesimon19590", did not have any actual footage of the incident, instead, they used pictures of the former president that are floating on the internet. The source also said that Trump released a statement thanking the medical staff, but they failed to include any proof of that statement. I looked on Donald Trump's social media accounts and I could not find any statements from him.

Sources ---> https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump?lang=en AND https://www.instagram.com/realdonaldtrump/?hl=en

Comments

Since this was an outlandish claim, I would've been incentivized to not dig as deep as you did. Nice work!

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This is a really solid fact check with what seems to be not a lot of information available. I am glad that you were able to bring this to a head and emphasize that they just used pictures that were floating around on the internet.

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Really good job on this factcheck! You really dug deep by looking at TikTok and finding information from people who were actually at the event. It also is very strong that you made sure to check if Trump actually commented on the issue.

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I would have not believed this if I heard it immediately.

Answer 3

This is false. After a quick google search of typing "Donald Trump seizure" the only news that is provided is the potential seizure of his assets. There is no recent news about Trump's health that provides insight on this claim. Even the TikTok video included in the original claim has no footage of his seizure happening.

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I agree with your conclusion on this claim and I like how you mentioned the lack of footage. I think it would helpful to add the website that provided the information on potential seizures. It's important to include any sources used in your fact-check.

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I agree with your fact-check. I like how you bring up other resources talking about other articles with the key words "seizure" and "Donald Trump". I can see how people may glimpse the title of those articles and be confused.

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I agree with your opinion that the claim is false, as there does not seem to be any other evidence that legitimizes it. I would recommend conducting different searches next time, to make sure that you aren't missing out on any information due to the wrong key words. Mention any sources that you looked at.

Answer 4

The first thing I found interesting about the Tiktok video of the claim is that it does not show any footage of the incident. The chances of Trump being at a rally and not being recorded is in my opinion, extremely unlikely due to his status. Therefore, the incident of Trump having a seizure would've likely been recorded.

When googling "Donald Trump having a seizure" nothing relevant to his health comes up. The only topic of health I can find related to Donald Trump is when he released a health report on Twitter from his doctor. This, however, mostly focuses on his diet and weight. The report states nothing about a history of seizures or any other serious medical issues.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/20/us/politics/trump-medical-report.html

Due to the lack of evidence on the claim and no other sources seeming to back-up the original claim, I believe it to be false.

Comments

I think you did a great job fact-checking this claim. Adding a source to back up your answer was great. I totally agree with your answer though, good job!

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I think that you did a good job with this fact check. You added a reliable source to back up your fact check. I liked how you broke it down into simple language too, which I thought was good.

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This is a good fact check. This is a great example of how sometimes a fact check can be done simply with the evidence that there is zero media coverage of the claim. This is a quick way to demonstrate that something is false, as it has no coverage in the slightest. I like how you also looked into Trump's health records to dig deeper on why this may be inaccurate.

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You did a great job fact checking despite the lack of information that this fact has. I like how you went into different websites and social medias to see if there were any sources backing up this claim. You did a great job fact checking and still coming up with some information that has to do with Trumps health.

Answer 5

After doing my research I have concluded that this claim is false. There are no major/ reliable news sources reporting this would-be massive news. The original source is a Tik Tok that has no sources and is unreliable.

Answer 6

This claim is false. The only reports of this event can be found on Tik Tok or CapCut, which is a video editing app associated with Tik Tok. The video linked above has no sources or picture evidence of the supposed seizure. There have been no official or notable sources reporting this incident. If this had really happened there would surely be more coverage. This claim is false and completely made up. 

The CapCut web page claims there are 78k uses of “Donald Trump seizure at rally” but upon going through the site you can see there are no actual claims of this. https://www.capcut.com/discover/keyword/donald-trump-seizure-at-rally/145595537155

You can find other videos on Tik Tok from various dates across the past four years that claim Donald Trump is having a seizure or stroke; however, these videos are satire and made to poke fun at movement or speech of Trump. There have been no official reports of any kind of seizure or stroke. 

Answer 7

After doing some research both outside of TikTok and throughout there is no evidence to prove that this claim is true. Just based on a quick Google search the only relevant and accurate information comes from 2020 when there were questions of whether or not Trump had had a series of 'ministrokes' which he denied through social media. Doing some further digging into the account it seems as if this is an account that makes constant claims involving Trump with no evidence to back up the claims which leads me to believe that this claim is not true.

Answer 8

After doing some quick research on this claim, I was easily able to come to the conclusion that this was false. The original poster of the tik tok video didn't even have any video proof or evidence when making this claim. There is no recent news or statements released about Trump's health or any seizures he may have experienced.

Answer 9

After looking further into this claim I cannot confirm this to be true. No other source posted this claim and I believe that if any former president had a medical emergency of this scale the entire country would know.