No, President Joe Biden didn't suffer a medical emergency while aboard Air Force One on Friday. But that didn't stop allies of former President Donald Trump from falling for — and spreading — a phony medical crisis on social media.
Three prominent MAGA influencers — Monica Crowley, host of the Monica Crowley Podcast, Laura Loomer, of Loomer Unleashed, and Dinesh D'Souza of the Dinesh D'Souza podcast — wrote on X that Biden was reportedly experiencing a mid-air medical emergency.
"Joe Biden is reportedly having a medical emergency on Air Force One right now," wrote Loomer.
"Press access has been removed."
Social media being what it is, the unfounded report gained legs — with X and Tesla head honcho Elon Musk and Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah falling for the false report.
"If Biden is having a medical emergency at this moment — on board Air Force One or otherwise — that raises … a lot of questions," Lee tweeted.
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Musk simply responded to Loomer: "!!"
The report was, however, "100% false," wrote White House Senior Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates.
To boot, multiple photos and videos showed the president exiting the airplane looking a-okay, and the White House pool report said the president's motorcade stopped outside Biden's home in Wilmington around 7:50 p.m.
Critics turned on the MAGA hoax-spreaders, with Yashar Ali firing back: "If Joe Biden were having a medical emergency on Air Force One you would not be finding out from Laura Loomer and Monica Crawley."
"Stop getting your news from random clowns on here," wrote "@AGHamilton29. "Here is Biden arriving in Delaware via Forbes. He isn’t on Air Force One. There is no evidence of a medical emergency."
"No he isn’t," wrote @stclairashley. "Stop repeating this garbage and then wondering why people call you a conspiracy peddler."
"All of you convinced there was a medical emergency on Air Force One should rethink where you get your news from," wrote conservative commentator Erick Erickson.
