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A 2020 Facebook post from a “Cody Balmer” showed a bearded man wearing a mask and a cigarette. X posts misleadingly edited it to include an anti-Donald Trump message to suggest a motive in the April 13 Pennsylvania governor’s house arson.

Summary by PolitiFact
Arson suspect Cody Balmer didn’t write “F--- Trump,” on an image of himself wearing a face mask. Social media posts falsely edited the image.

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PolitiFact broke the news in Saint Petersburg, United States on Monday, April 14, 2025.
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