"Would Anybody Like To Be Drafted?... She’s Already Talking About Bringing Back The Draft." — These Are 10 Of The Wildest False Things Donald Trump Has Said About Kamala Harris
Donald Trump has now run for president a handful of times, and one consistent thread throughout each campaign is his ability to shock us with new, creative lies.
Here are 10 shockingly false things he's said about his most recent opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris:
1.Trump claimed Harris "turned Black."
While being interviewed at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago, Trump said, "She was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting the Indian heritage. I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black, and now she wants to be known as Black. So I don’t know, is she Indian or is she Black?"
In reality, Harris has always identified with both her Black and Indian heritage. When she was a senator, her bio said she was, "the second African-American woman and first South Asian-American senator in history."
2.Trump claimed Harris wore a hearing device during their only presidential debate.
At a Las Vegas rally, Trump said, "I also heard she had something in the ear, a little something in the ear. ‘No Kamala, do this. Say it this way, Kamala. Okay, be quiet. Too many people watching.'"
In reality, Reuters found no evidence of Harris wearing an earpiece, and asserted that, "Candidates were not allowed props, pre-written notes or interaction with their campaign staff during commercial breaks..."
3.Trump claimed Harris's rally crowd was fake and AI-generated.
On Truth Social, Trump wrote, "There was nobody at the plane, and she 'A.I.’d' it, and showed a massive 'crowd' of so-called followers, BUT THEY DIDN’T EXIST!"
Trump was referring to Harris's rally in Michigan. Her campaign responded on X, "This is an actual photo of a 15,000-person crowd for Harris-Walz in Michigan."
1) This is an actual photo of a 15,000-person crowd for Harris-Walz in Michigan2) Trump has still not campaigned in a swing state in over a week... Low energy? pic.twitter.com/VgTfoMAcuk
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) August 11, 2024
Truth Social: @realdonaldtrump / Via Twitter: @KamalaHQ
4.Trump claimed Harris wants to bring back the draft and force Americans to go to war.
At a rally in Las Vegas, Trump said, "Would anybody like to be drafted in the audience? Because that’s what they’re doing. She’s already talking about bringing back the draft. She wants to bring back the draft, and draft your child, and put them in a war that should never have happened."
In response, an aide for the Harris campaign told CNN, "We have no idea what he's talking about."
5.Trump claimed Harris is a Marxist, communist, and fascist.
While speaking at a Las Vegas rally, Trump said, "She’s a Marxist, communist, fascist person, which is…she’s a fascist. Who the hell ever thought we’d be voting for a communist president? She is. Look at her record."
In response, Harris's campaign told Politifact that she's a capitalist.
6.Trump claimed that Harris wants to take away Americans' guns.
In their presidential debate, Trump said, "She wants to confiscate your guns… She has a plan to confiscate everybody's gun."
In an interview with Oprah, Harris rejected that statement revealing that both she and her running mate Tim Walz are gun owners themselves.
Oprah says she was surprised to hear Kamala Harris is a gun owner. Harris: “If somebody breaks into my house, they’re getting shot.” pic.twitter.com/1paBEwuuPX
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) September 20, 2024
YouTube: Kamala Harris / Via youtube.com
And in that same debate, Harris responded to Trump, "This business about taking everyone's guns away — Tim Walz and I are both gun owners. We're not taking anybody's guns away, so stop with the continuous lying about this stuff."
7.Trump claimed Harris has a plan to defund the police.
In their debate, Trump said, "[Harris] has a plan to defund the police. She has a plan to confiscate everybody's gun."
A fact check revealed Harris has not discussed plans to defund the police. She has discussed "reimagining public safety and how we achieve it."
8.Trump claimed Harris is pushing the largest tax increases in American history.
At a rally in Las Vegas, Trump said, "Unions are going to be losing all of their power, all of their clout, but the Black worker and the Black family, they're losing their jobs. Hispanics are losing their jobs to people that pour into our country illegally. Now Kamala is pushing the largest individual and small business tax increase in American history, and she said that a 70% to 80% tax rate is something that's very, very doable."
In reality, Harris has publicly discussed a proposal including tax increases for the wealthy and large corporations. However, the New York Times asserts that her proposals do not qualify as the largest tax increases ever.
9.Trump claimed when Harris was attorney general in California, she redefined "horrible" crimes as nonviolent.
At a Las Vegas rally, Trump said, "[Harris] defined and redefined child sex trafficking, assault with a deadly weapon, and rape of a unconscious person — an unconscious person raped — as nonviolent. These were nonviolent crimes...to help spring child predators and dangerous criminals out of prison all over the state.”
A fact check revealed that Harris did not define those crimes as nonviolent. It explained that the California penal code specified 23 crimes as a "violent felony," which means they, "merit special consideration when imposing a sentence to display society’s condemnation for these extraordinary crimes of violence against the person."
10.And finally, Trump claimed Harris wants "open borders."
Republicans often referred to Harris as President Biden's border czar. So, in a speech along the southern border in Sierra Vista, Arizona, Trump said, "She loved the title, but she didn’t want to do the work, or she’s lazy... And probably more importantly than being lazy, she wants to have an open border.”
In reality, Harris has stated that she supports increased border security and asylum restrictions if border crossings reach high rates.
What do you think about the shocking claims Trump has made about Harris? Let us know in the comments.
