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Harry Belafonte Blasts Trump After White House Spox Posts Fake Biden Video

‘LOWER AND LOWER’

“They keep stooping lower and lower. A technical glitch in an interview I did 9 years ago now becomes another one of their lies, more of their fake news,” the singer said.

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Tom Brenner

Singer and activist Harry Belafonte slammed President Donald Trump after White House Chief of Staff Dan Scavino posted a doctored video meant to bash former Vice President Joe Biden. On Sunday, Scavino shared on Twitter a video appearing to show Biden falling asleep during a local TV news interview while an anchor laughs. The video was actually from a nine-year-old interview with Belafonte. While the tweet is still up, it has been flagged “manipulated media.” “They keep stooping lower and lower. A technical glitch in an interview I did 9 years ago now becomes another one of their lies, more of their fake news,” Belafonte told The New York Times on Monday. “I beg every sane American-please vote them out. I knew many who gave their life for the right to vote. Never has it been so vital to exercise that right.”

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