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Ciara O'Rourke
By Ciara O'Rourke September 13, 2023

Don’t confuse President Joe Biden with Leatherface; claims he’s wearing a ‘skin mask’ are unfounded

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Halloween decorations are already on display at some stores, and on social media, so are claims that President Joe Biden was recorded wearing a skin mask, à la Leatherface, the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" villain. 

"Shocking video shows Biden wearing a skin mask," reads the text in a Sept. 12 Instagram post’s video.

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Biden has, ahem, faced allegations before that the commander in chief is an impostor in a mask. So have former President Donald Trump and former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci. None of these claims have merit. 

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The video in the Instagram post appears to show Biden at The White House on May 9 discussing the debt ceiling. We saw nothing to signal he’s someone else wearing a Biden mask. 

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The video also compares images of Biden, 80, to images of him when he was younger. So, it’s worth noting: skin loses elasticity as humans age; it’s not evidence of a presidential impostor. 

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