US Election 2020: Biden's state mixup manipulated video hit 1million shares before removal

With  US Presidential Election right around corner, a manipulated video of Democratic minee Joe Biden went viral on weekend. video showed Biden naming state wrong during a rally. As per Guardian report, manipulated video was removed from Twitter after it was viewed over 1.1 million times on microblogging site.

manipulated video showed Biden saying "Hello, Minnesota" to a crowd in Florida. However, it was later found that Biden was indeed in Minnesota and  video had been modified to change text on a sign and podium to refer to Tampa, Florida, instead.

Democratic candidate was shown to have confused state for Minnesota as he went on to a st while signs stating 'Tampa, Florida' and 'Text FL to 30330' could be prominently seen in backdrop. According to Associated Press, foot was clipped from a campaign stop last Friday in St. Paul, Minnesota and  signs in video were fake.

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" sign behind Biden in this video has been edited to add words 'Tampa, Florida' and remove words 'TEXT MN to 30330.'  podium has also been edited to add 'FL' instead of 'MN.' Original video from this event confirms that Biden was in Minnesota and addressed correct state in his greeting", ted Associated Press.

On Sunday, Twitter flagged  video, which was posted on a ndescript personal account, as 'manipulated media'. Shortly afterward, video was removed from site but by n it had reached 1.1 million views. While re is  suggestion video came from Trump campaign, Biden’s perceived lack of mental acuity has been a preferred tactic for US president and his representatives.

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Biden Leads Trump By 10 Percent Points In New Pre-election Survey

Just a day to go for US presidential election, Joe Biden was seen leading President Donald Trump by 10 percent points as per NBC News poll. survey showed that Biden’s support stands at 52 percent to Trump’s 42 percent among national registered voters. 

new poll released on vember 1 found that Democratic minee was ahead of Trump by six points, 51 percent to 45 percent, in 12 combined battleground states of Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, rth Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. 

survey, which was conducted from October 29 to 31, released as both Biden and Trump made a last-ditch effort to secure ballots in battleground states. Democratic presidential minee has consistently had upper hand over his Republican rival across US electoral map.

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(With inputs from ncy) (Im -AP)