US election 2024: Kamala 'fake voter call' video debunked after election night pile on

Kamala Harris is aiming to marque past by becoming the archetypal pistillate President and 1 of Black and Indian practice should she triumph the contention to the White House pursuing Tuesday's vote

Claims Democratic campaigner Kamala Harris faked a telephone with a elector person been debunked aft the allegations went viral connected societal media.

The Vice President made the telephone portion she was visiting the Democratic National Committee office successful Washington D.C. wherever volunteers were calling voters successful a last-ditch effort to get radical retired to formed their ballots. In the clip, shared connected X/Twitter, Harris could beryllium seen talking with a voter.

Speaking to the voter, Harris said: "I americium well. Have you voted already? You did? Thank you." As her supporters cheered, determination were radical online who accused the Vice President of faking the telephone by noting the telephone had the camera app open.

Many online past started to impeach her of staging the call. One idiosyncratic said: "It's truthful embarrassing if she were really connected call, you would spot the telephone surface with the caller ID connected the iPhone."

A 2nd said: "Is determination thing existent oregon authentic astir this campaign?" While a 3rd posted: "Not lone is she fake, she's dumb. Showing the telephone similar that...what was she thinking?"

A little clip of the video was shared to X/Twitter by the relationship @rawsalerts, which describes itself arsenic a a "go-to source" for close quality coverage, gained much than 2 cardinal views since being posted.

But the assertion was seemingly debunked online by a Trump protagonist who explained wherefore the telephone telephone was not faked. X/Twitter relationship @jimjimmiejames said: "No. Kamala Harris didn't 'fake a telephone call' conscionable due to the fact that you spot a camera app.

"Try it, marque a call, unfastened camera, clasp it to your feature to region it. You volition spot the surface activate/disactivate to forestall your feature (like hers). iPhones lone bash this portion you're connected call.

"To my blimpish 'friends' you tin telephone maine a 'cuck' and archer maine to 'cope' etc. It doesn't fuss me. I'm inactive voting Trump, but you're the problem.

"You're acting conscionable similar the extremist near who distant Democrats. All I'm asking is that you intermission earlier pushing fake quality oregon you go that which you sought to destroy."

The last propulsion for votes travel arsenic some Harris and Republican campaigner Donald Trump aim to scope the all-important 270 Electoral College votes to unafraid the White House. Commentators and polling experts person had Harris and Trump virtually neck-and-neck since the Vice President entered the run pursuing Joe Biden's withdrawal from the contention successful the summer.