‘What are they trying to hide?’: Blurred presidential seal in infrastructure bill signing video sparks conspiracy theories - The Daily Dot

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On Monday, President Joe Biden signed his big infrastructure bill into law. The White House has made the most of passing the $1.2 trillion bill that it’s touting as transformative.

Its victory lap included Vice President Kamala Harris tweeting a video of the bill signing. The otherwise ceremonial event has unexpectedly sparked a wave of conspiracy theories.

Rumors are flying online about why the presidential seal is blurred in the video.

There is a reasonable explanation for photoshopping the seal. It’s the law.

Federal law dictates that the seal can’t be used for any type of advertisement, such as campaigning. Thus, the seal had to be blurred because Harris tweeted the video from her personal Twitter account, rather than the official vice president account.

As the liberal political action committee Meidas Touch pointed out, though he wasn’t necessarily known for complying with the finer points of campaign law, former President Donald Trump blurred the seal.

This perfectly logical, if obscure, reason hasn’t stopped conspiracists from flooding Twitter with theories.

“Something is not right,” tweeted one. “Doesn’t even look like Biden.”

Another wondered, “What are they trying to hide.”

Because he's not the real president. Totally fraudulent election. The truth will come out!

— Paul W. McCullough (@PaulM_desu) November 17, 2021

Why not signed in "spousedly"his office?!!!!

— Gardenia غاردينيا (@Gardenia_bh) November 17, 2021

Copy right issue. I think only actual presidents can use it.

— Bailey Keintz (@bailey_keintz) November 17, 2021

Good question. Either someone dropped the ball or the administration is trying to discredit her.

— Cheryl (@HoldingOn2Stars) November 17, 2021

Numerous people even suggested that the infrastructure bill signing video included computer-generated imagery.

“Why did her hand go through his head,” tweeted one. (A large group of people appear to have mistaken a shadow of Harris’ hand passing over Biden’s face as an actual hand.)

Is this CGI. Looks like she claps over his head when he leans back.

— Jimmy (@jimmyclarke11) November 17, 2021

What’s even weirder is how the hands of the woman in the red scarf superimpose over the pres’s head in an obvious case of CGI. Now why would they be using computer-generated video material?

— A.C.K.R (@ShafthouseFairy) November 16, 2021

I also don’t remember how do heavy in the neck, new joe?? The overlapping clapping woman in the red scarf is also confusing me. Looks like those green screen overlapping things.

— BadValerie (@ValerieBBad) November 17, 2021

Others mocked conspiracy theories about the blurring of the seal.

“No one has ever seen the Seal of the President of the United States before,” tweeted @dates71. “It must remain a secret, much like the corners of the Mona Lisa painting.”

Conspiracy!!!!! What are they hiding? This is proof that QAnon is right. This also verifies that covid-19 is fake, vaccines are used to track us, and aliens are taking over the govt. Did I miss anything?

— Freeyourmind (@LIUYFI) November 17, 2021

Conspiracies and jokes about the blurred presidential seal continued circulating on Wednesday.

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*First Published: Nov 17, 2021, 12:20 pm CST

Claire Goforth

Claire Goforth is a staff writer at the Daily Dot covering all things politics and technology with a focus on the far right and conspiracy theories.

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