Fact Check: Was Kamala Harris Wearing Audio Earrings During the Debate?
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Shortly after Tuesday night’s presidential debate hosted by ABC News (Lean Left bias), a theory that Vice President Kamala Harris was wearing audio earrings to gain an unfair advantage spread virally. There's no hard evidence that she was.
The Details: Right-wing voices like Alex Jones and Laura Loomer were among the most prominent who suggested Harris may have been wearing Icebach Sound’s Nova H1 Audio Earrings. Other users pointed out that Harris was apparently wearing a pair of Tiffany earrings that she had worn many times before.
Key Quote: Icebach told Just The News (Lean Right bias), “We do not know whether Mrs. Harris wore one of our products. The resemblance is striking.” The company also added some humor in its statement, adding, “We are currently developing a male version and will soon be able to offer it to the Trump campaign. The choice of colour is a bit challenging though as orange does not go well with a lot of colours.”
Non-Quotes: Forbes (Center bias) and FactCheck.org (Lean Left bias) reported that the Harris campaign declined to comment. Forbes said Tiffany and ABC News did not reply to requests for comment.
How The Media Covered It: FactCheck.org included context on similar right-wing conspiracies that arose in 2016 and 2020, suggesting Democratic candidates wore earpieces during debates. Just The News founder John Solomon cast doubt on the idea that Harris was wearing audio earrings during a Wednesday broadcast, in which he cited seeing previous times she’d made many speaking errors while wearing the same earrings.
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Far-right figures on social media spread baseless claims suggesting Vice President Kamala Harris used audio earrings to gain an upper hand in her debate against former President Donald Trump, though the unbacked claims do not consider the differences between the earrings worn by Harris on debate night and the audio earrings she has been accused of wearing.
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Company responds to theory Harris wore audio earrings at debate: 'The resemblance is striking'
Following the presidential debate on Tuesday, social media users theorized that Vice President Kamala Harris wore audio earrings on stage. The Germany-based company that sells the earrings said on Wednesday that the resemblance between Harris' earrings and their audio earrings "is striking."
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