Did Joe Biden Not Wear a Mask on a Plane?

A viral photograph is from November 2019, before the pandemic.

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A viral tweet from Richard Grenell, former acting director of national intelligence, claimed to show Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden not wearing a mask while on a plane:

https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/1323021094773788672

The claim was further elevated by conservative commentator Mark Levin:

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  1. Tim Johnson

    Can we agree that 'viral' and 'false' are now synonyms?

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  2. Counterpoint

    Just another example of the failure of the Obama / Biden administration. First they didn't leave the Trump administration a vaccine for the non existent virus, and now we find out they didn't wear masks to prevent it from spreading before it existed. Liberals, man!

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  3. Midge

    Argh! How could anyone *not* suspect first thing that a photo of Biden not masking as he says he does is probably from before Covid?

    My poor husband likes Ben Shapiro, and the way Shapiro is spinning for Trump right now is about equally ridiculous. Claims like Democrats have no policy for managing Covid except for their blind faith that, if Trump loses, Covid magically disappears(!). That words coming out of Trump's mouth like "a choice between a Trump boom or a Biden lockdown" don't actually mean what they say but instead mean merely that Trump's administration offers a variety of policy choices for managing Covid while Biden's would offer only one, lockdown (which isn't even true by itself, but also isn't what Trump was saying).

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    1. Tim Johnson

      Despite all their rhetoric, the Shapiros and Carlsons of the world are unlikely to shed their $2,000 suits to head to the hills to wage guerilla warfare against our 'oppressive' government.

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    Tom B.

    Alec, I hope you're getting overtime for the next few weeks. They're keeping you busy!

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    Not Jonah Goldberg

    You guys are cranking out fact checks left and right. Great job

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    Mudskipper

    Trump hires only the best. MAGA!

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    Old guy named Bill (OGNB)

    Thank you for this fact check.

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