A popular Hasidic singer is the subject of a Reuters fact-check, after a video of him singing before a Hasidic crowd, with Republican VP pick JD Vance in attendance, was wrongly labeled as a “celebration performance at the RNC.”

Reuters notes that the video is of Hasidic singer Shulem Lemmer singing at a Jewish event attended by Vance earlier in the year and not at the Republican National Convention as the caption, seen by over 5 million people on social media, suggests.

The video comes from a celebration held in New York on February 25 by the Tzedek Association, a Hasidic-run organization focused on criminal justice. The video shows Vance watching in the audience as Lemmer sings the 1998 song “When You Believe” by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. Vance also gave a speech at the Tzedek event.

The widely shared but false caption that was posted on X, formerly Twitter, said: “This was the celebration performance at the RNC after JD Vance was announced as VP pick.” A user posted the same false caption on Facebook to a group called “CONSERVATIVES UNITED.” It’s not clear whether the caption was intended to be factual or to just show “Jewish” reactions to the pick. Commenters on social media responded to the posts with both pride in the GOP’s closeness to the Hasidic community and with antisemitic vitriol.

The RNC began on Monday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the same day former president Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, announced Vance as his running mate for the November presidential election. The Ohio senator appeared at the convention on Monday, but did not give a speech that day.

In a tweet, Rabbi Moshe Margaretten, the president of the Tzedek Association, noted the error. “Clarification: This event took place at a @Tzedek_assoc celebration event on February 25, 2024 in NY. We had the honor of Senator @JDVance1 and other U.S. Senators in attendance.”

Lemmer, who is a member of the Belz Hasidic sect, is among the best-known Hasidic musicians in the U.S., known for his renditions of “God Bless America” and other songs.

In a post on Instagram, Lemmer made light of the social media posts. “Both ends of the political spectrum used it to push their narratives,” Lemmer wrote. “Turns out my singing can ignite quite the drama—who knew?!”