On Election Day 2024 and the day after, an image purporting to be a screenshot of a tweet allegedly posted by Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden, whose party lost that election, spread (archived) on social media. The message read: "That's what you get for kicking me out of the race, you stupid b****." As of this writing, one X post of the image had reached more than 9.3 million views, 222,000 likes and 16,000 reposts.
The image spread on multiple social media platforms, including Threads, X, iFunny and Reddit.
"Biden's revenge," one X user captioned the purported tweet. The image was also posted (archived) by an Elon Musk parody account, with the caption "Is this real?," reaching more than 122,000 views.
In short, because Biden never posted such a tweet and it was digitally created, we have rated the image and claim as fake.
Users across platforms were skeptical yet entertained by the post, with one Threads user commenting "Man I know it might be fake but I'm crying." Another Threads user asked "STOPPPP! Is this real?," to which the poster responded "Nah it's not real but funny."
A search on X for the text of the alleged tweet yielded no relevant results, and it does not appear on Biden's official X account. As of this writing, his most recent post, on Nov. 5, 2024, time-stamped 6:30 p.m. Eastern time, read: "Folks, if you're in line to vote, stay in line. Electing @KamalaHarris and @Tim_Walz is that important. I mean it."
Furthermore, an X search found zero indications of organic chatter about the supposed Biden post prior to the circulation of the fake screenshot.
Finally, no reputable media outlets reported on the alleged tweet from Biden. If he had actually posted such a message, it would have made major headlines across mainstream media due to its unprecedented and controversial nature.
We reached out to the White House for a comment and will update this report if we receive a response.
For further reading, we recommend our page dedicated to Election Day 2024 rumors.