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Keeping them honest, that's not the start of a new southern border wall. the picture the presidents included in that tweet, our gary tuchman went to check it out. went to calexico, california. those pictures of the supposed start of the wall, it's this -- it was replacement fencing of existing fencing. gary spoke with the local mayor and an mexican official, as well. >> we all as a community want to make sure that the people in the country nose that calexico is not the beginning of a wall project for the trump administration. it is completely different. >> reporter: the mexican counterpart in ...

There's been so much traffic. you want folk to keep checking. you're hoping to raise 100,000 dollars. how would you use that? >> we hope to raise a lot more than 100,000 dollars. that's the first goal, sure. and we're well on our way to that. but what i would tell you is that the money goes directly to the wall project. there is -- it's a tax deductible donation. and we expect not only the other piece of this, pete, is not only are people now able to get involved in government, which we want to see again, but they're able to work with the sheriffs who they elected to protect their communities ...

Either side of this fencing that is being replaced. >> we all, as a community, want to make sure the people out there in this country know that california is not the beginning of a wall project for the trump administration. it is completely different. >> we knew that it was a lie. >> do the supporters potentially will they buy that this is the wall that they chanted for? >> not if it's coming from cnn. if it was coming from fox news, probably. what is interesting, though, there are some support rs. true america first policy supporters understand this is actually -- who actually believes cnn's ...

President trump. daphne griffin works at a restaurant right near the boarder. >> this particular wall came from the bush administration. >> reporter: is that common knowledge in this area? >> yes, absolutely. >> so mulvaney's claim was wrong the fence was actually repaired to a wall built during the george w. mush administration. you can imagine to our skepticism when the president tweeted these pictures him we sent gary tugman toic chet out. he did. here's what he found. >> reporter: when the mayor read the president's tweet claiming a fence in her community was the start of a southern border...

Boarder. >> this particular wall came from the bush administration. >> reporter: is that common knowledge in this area? >> yes, absolutely. >> so mulvaney's claim was wrong the fence he claimed was part of a promise to build a new border was was actually a repair to a wall built during the george w. mush administration. you can imagine to our skepticism when the president tweeted these pictures. so we sent gary tuckman to check it out. he did. here's what he found. >> reporter: when the mayor read the president's tweet claiming a fence in her community was the start of a southern border wall. ...