The claim: Video shows Chuck Norris responding to Biden administration
Martial artist Chuck Norris is a well-known Republican who once voiced his support for former President Donald Trump. According to social media users, the actor recently posted a video criticizing the Biden administration.
A January 21 Facebook video that racked up more than 8,000 views in a week shows Norris and his wife, Gena, talking about America and freedom “under attack.” A text caption in the video claims that President Joe Biden is “done pissing off Chuck Norris!”
“We are at a tipping point and quite possibly our country, as we know it, could be lost forever if we don’t change the direction our country is heading,” Norris says in the video. At the end, he calls on people to “please be with us” and to unite.
Other Facebook and Twitter users shared the same video, which was originally posted to TikTok on January 21 in a post that garnered over 23,000 likes and includes hashtags such as #nomorebiden, #fjb and #America.
But the video was recorded 10 years ago and key parts have been edited from the original post. At the time, Norris and his wife were talking about the 2012 election, not Biden, as the posts suggest.
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In a direct message, the TikTok user said the video was shared to show “how the same part of the video still holds true right now and we should stick together during this time of division.” Other social media users who shared the video did not return requests for comment.
The video is not about Biden
Norris’ “terrible warning for America” was first posted online in September 2012, when President Barack Obama was running for re-election against Mitt Romney, the GOP nominee at the time.
In the full two-minute video, Gena Norris urges people to register to vote in the 2012 primary and general elections and talks about the number of evangelical Christian voters who stayed home on Election Day in 2008.
But his part is cut from the version of the video being released now, making it look like the message was recently shared in response to Biden. Norris and his wife don’t mention any specific candidates in the video, however, the couple have previously endorsed Republican candidates for office, according to ABC News.
While the video is from 2012, Norris criticized the current administration. In a June 2021 World Net Daily column, he called the White House’s $6 trillion budget proposal “bad news for your pocketbook and your financial portfolio.”
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USA TODAY has previously denied claims that Norris was at the US Capitol riot on January 6, 2021.
Our opinion: Modified
Based on our research, we are rating ALTERED a video that purports to show Norris responding to the Biden administration. The clip is from 2012, and Norris and his wife were urging conservatives to vote against Obama. Key parts of the original video have been removed to trick people into thinking Norris’ message was shared in response to the Biden administration.
Our fact-checking sources:
- PolitiFact, Jan 24, Chuck Norris clip urging Americans to vote against Obama – it’s not about the Biden administration
- YouTube, September 1, 2012, Chuck Norris’ terrible warning for America – 2012
- USA TODAY, October 16, 2012, Obama and Romney turn up the heat during 2nd debate
- Huffington Post, September 1, 2012, Chuck Norris video: Obama’s re-election will bring ‘1,000 years of darkness’
- ABC News, September 4, 2012, Norris warns of “1,000 years of darkness”
- World Net Daily, June 7, 2021, We have to, we have to, so let’s go to China, we’re going (again?)
- USA TODAY, January 12, 2021, Fact Check: No, Chuck Norris was not at the riot at the United States Capitol
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