""Did your favorite sports star 'shock fans' or 'shake' the league by 'publicly' or 'flatly' refusing to wear an LGBT Rainbow Armband because it would turn the game 'into a political circus?'""
""The claim," he continues, "was made about at least 95 football, soccer, basketball, baseball, and hockey players in posts published on dozens of fake Facebook fan pages aimed at American and European audiences, but produced from Vietnam.""
"Chargers wide receiver Ladd McConkey is fake-quoted as saying: "I don't care if the whole world calls me controversial. Forcing players to wear an LGBT armband turns football into a political circus. I play for the Chargers, for my team, and for the game-not for any movement.""
"It was about 15 or 20 minutes long, and, in it, Clinton discussed America's history in Central America, the Constitutional requirements for military intervention, and the layered expertise that a president relies on from his or her national security advisors and staff."
Fake videos and fabricated social posts circulated claiming many top athletes refused to wear LGBT rainbow armbands and expressing disdain for progressive viewpoints. Posts originated from dozens of fake Facebook fan pages produced from Vietnam and targeted American and European audiences, reportedly naming at least 95 football, soccer, basketball, baseball, and hockey players. Specific fabricated attributions included a purported quote attributed to Chargers receiver Ladd McConkey. Concern about manipulated video content intensified after a timely Bill Clinton speech addressing America's Central American history, constitutional limits on military intervention, and presidential reliance on national security advisors, with reference to his Bosnia experience.
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