Pants on Fire!
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman on Friday, January 18th, 2019 at 2:08 p.m.
You wouldn’t think McDonald’s Big Macs and Burger King Whoppers would spark a nationwide argument and fabricated memes, but this is the age of the internet internet.
Critics recently came down on President Donald Trump when he served Clemson University’s national championship-winning football team an assortment of fast food from McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King and Domino’s Pizza during their White House visit on Jan. 14.
Since then, some players have defended the fast food spread as being a rare treat, but one picture-turned-meme of star freshman quarterback Trevor Lawrence took it a bit further.
We can’t determine where the meme originated from but it has been shared widely on social media.
The entire quote was fabricated.
I never said this by the way... I don’t know where it came from.
Lawrence’s tweet shared the fake quote from @CloydRivers, an account with 1.8 million followers that routinely shares misinformation. That tweet has since been removed from the platform.
Ross Taylor, assistant athletic director for Clemson football communications, told the Associated Press that Lawrence was shown the false quote on Tuesday.
"Everything that is presented in the meme is fabricated," Taylor said.
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Published: Friday, January 18th, 2019 at 2:08 p.m.
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Pants on Fire!
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