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THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - FACT CHECK: Epstein Email Claiming Trump Hates Black Women, Calls them ‘Boogers’ Appears FAKE.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: A supposed email among newly-released Jeffrey Epstein-related documents, suggesting President Donald J. Trump dislikes black women, appears to be fake.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Jeffrey Epstein, the “Groyper” movement, the International Business Times, and President Trump.WHEN & WHERE: The alleged email began to be circulated on February 1, but has now been deleted.KEY QUOTE: […] The post FACT CHECK: Epstein Email Claiming Trump Hates Black Women, Calls them ‘Boogers’ Appears FAKE. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A supposed email among newly-released Jeffrey Epstein-related documents, suggesting President Donald J. Trump dislikes black women , appears to be fake. WHO WAS INVOLVED: Jeffrey Epstein, the “Groyper” movement, the International Business Times, and President Trump. WHEN & WHERE: The alleged email began to be circulated on February 1, but has now been deleted. KEY QUOTE: “Trump will be there, [he] doesn’t like black girls, calls them ‘boogers’, won’t go [with them] in 10 feet,” read the alleged, seemingly fabricated email. IMPACT: A search of the Justice Department’s Epstein Library fails to turn up any sign of the email, and the AF Post account on X (formerly Twitter), which originally…Open