A recent viral story about Donald Trump's supporters wearing diapers to rallies was confirmed by a fact-checker, prompting social media to explode.
Earlier this month, photos of purported Trump fans wearing "real men wear diapers" merchandise spread online. But many wrote the phenomenon off as staged, or even a result of an artificial intelligence program.
According to Snopes, however, that really happened.
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"We noticed that the photographs that circulated all came from Dispatches from Trumpland, so we contacted the writers of the blog to ask for more details about the rallies. The writer replied that the photographs posted on April 11 had been taken at rallies in Greensboro, North Carolina, and Detroit. He added that he took the photographs in the April 24 post himself, in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania," the report states. "He also shared an article from the Greensboro News & Record, published March 2, 2024, that included a photograph of a man it identified as Alfredo Alcala, who wore a red T-shirt that said 'Real Men Wear Diapers.'"
The article concludes, "Because this trend was documented in coverage by reputable news outlets in addition to the reports by Dispatches from Trumpland, we have rated this claim as 'True.'"
Conservative attorney George Conway, a frequent critic of Trump, confessed he doubted the validity of reports about the diaper wearers.
"This could not possibly be true," he said on Saturday. Conway then looked into it further and later wrote, "Okay, when I’m wrong, I’m wrong, and I admit it."
"Apparently it’s true," the attorney added. "I still find this hard to absorb, though."
Former federal prosecutor Richard Signorelli said on Saturday, "Jumping the shark in the real world. His cult followers are nuts."
Popular account @JoJoFromJerz wrote in response, "PSA: If you are wearing an adult diaper to a Trump rally because the addlepated orange dumbf--- you want returned to the White House is a world-famous pants-s------, congratulations — you are an idiot, an a------, and you’re in a f------ cult. A seriously stupid f------- cult."
@SassyKadiK added, "Wait. Trump followers are now wearing diapers and literally pooping and peeing in their pants to show their solidarity? This is not normal. None of this is normal."