Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign dealt with another humiliating incident following the emergence of a new X account aimed at countering its misinformation.
The campaign’s X account, named “KamalaHQ,” has previously faced criticism for spreading outright falsehoods about her GOP opponent, former President Donald Trump.
The KamalaHQ account has also been accused of posting misleading, out-of-context clips of Trump and other Republicans. For example, it propagated the false claim that Trump referred to Neo-Nazis as “very fine people,” a narrative that has been thoroughly debunked.
The account “KamalaHQLies” swiftly countered the claims made by KamalaHQ, clarifying that Snopes, a left-leaning fact-checking organization, had already proven that the accusation is false. KamalaHQLies even provided a full transcript of Trump’s remarks to demonstrate the falsehood of the claim and to offer the context that refutes the misleading narrative.
Harris made a surprise appearance at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night, taking the stage to thank President Joe Biden after he was reportedly shoved out of the race a month ago.
“This is going to be a great week, and I want to kick us off by celebrating our incredible President Joe Biden, who will be speaking later tonight. Joe, thank you for your historic leadership, for your lifetime of service to our nation, and for all you will continue to do, we are forever grateful to you. Thank you, Joe,” Harris said.
“Looking out at everyone tonight, I see the beauty of our great nation. People from every corner of our country and every walk of life are here united by our shared vision for the future of our country, and this November, we will come together and declare with one voice, as one people, we are moving forward,” Harris added.
“With optimism, hope, and faith, so guided by our love of country, knowing we all have so much more in common than what separates us, let us fight for the ideals we hold dear, and let us always remember when we fight, we win,” the vice president continued.
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Several on X, formerly known as Twitter, called out Harris for being “weird” and laughing.
Harris has been handed bad news from three polls showing she is losing support.
Two of the polls put her behind former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, a key swing state, and a third put her behind the Republican presidential candidate.
Two polls of potential Pennsylvania voters, one by Cygnal and one by Emerson College, gave Trump a one-point lead in the key state with 19 Electoral College votes.
A separate poll from the Napolitan News Service gave the former president a one-point lead across the country.
After Joe Biden quit the race and gave Harris his support on July 21, Harris quickly became the Democratic Party’s front-runner for the presidency. At first, this gave Democrats a clear poll boost.
In more than a dozen national polls, Harris did better than Trump, and she became the favorite to win in November with many of the biggest bookies.
“Between August 12 and 14, RMG Research polled 2,708 likely voters across the United States for Napolitan News Service, which found Trump leading Harris by 46 percent to 45 percent. When undecided voters leaning one way were included, Trump’s margin extended to 49 percent against 47 percent, compared to the last RMG poll a week ago, which put both candidates on 49 percent,” Newsweek reported.
