Donald Trump and Bob Woodward ‘Depends’ Tweet A tweet attributed to journalist Bob Woodward about former U.S. President Donald Trump and 'Depends' spread virally in screenshot form in early 2023.
‘Pornstar Brandon Cummings … Arrested After Beating Up 35 Neo-Nazi’s’ A nearly extinct genre of satirical news returned in October 2022, with a viral story about "pornstar Brandon Cummings" of the series "Let's Go Brandon."
Texas Republican Tweets, Deletes Fake News Headline Sen. Ted Cruz captioned the phony screenshot with "The left is beyond parody."
Benny Johnson’s ‘Trump’s Enthusiasm is Bigger Than in 2016’ Deleted Tweet A right-wing blogger tweeted, and then quietly deleted, a claim that a 2020 photograph was taken on August 5 2022 in Wisconsin.
Pete Sessions’ Deleted Tweet As June 2022 hearings regarding the January 6 2021 insurrection continued, purported screenshots of a deleted tweet from a Texas Republican circulated on social media.
Texas Governor Tweets, Quietly Deletes ‘@ElonMusk Picked the Right State to Move to’ Republican Greg Abbott retweeted Elon Musk and said that Musk "picked the right state to move to," but deleted the tweet after seven minutes.
Lauren Boebert ‘Severe Thunderstorm Watch’ Tweet A fake tweet initially labeled as "satire" and attributed to Rep. Lauren Boebert lost its signifier during a "severe thunderstorm watch."
Jim Cramer ‘Have Fun Being Poor’ Tweet An ongoing social media dispute between Jim Cramer and "meme stock" investors included a purported tweet from the former in which he taunted them with "have fun being poor."
‘Macaulay Culkin is Now 4 Years Older than Catherine O’Hara Was When She Played His Mom in Home Alone’ A screenshot of a tweet claimed that Macauley Culkin was "now four years older than Catherine O'Hara when she played his mom in Home Alone" as of December 2021.
‘FDA Vaccine Advisory Board Said Friday Unvaccinated Are More Educated on the Vaccine Than Most People Who Have Gotten It’ Tweet A debunked, deleted tweet spread as zombie disinformation in late October 2021, claiming the "FDA Vaccine Advisory Board" lamented a "more educated" populace of unvaccinated people.
