Trump Claims Harris Got Debate Questions in Advance and Used Secret Earpiece for Prompts
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At a rally in Las Vegas on September 10, Republican nominee Donald Trump made bold accusations about Vice President Kamala Harris following their debate. Trump speculated that Harris had an unfair advantage, questioning if she had access to the debate questions in advance. “Did she get the questions? You think?” Trump asked the crowd.
He went on to claim, “So, I hear she got the questions and I also heard she got something in the ear,” acting out an imaginary scenario of Harris being coached through an earpiece. “‘No, Kamala, do this. Say it this way, Kamala. Okay, be quiet, too many people watching.'”
These allegations echoed similar suggestions Trump made days earlier on Fox & Friends, where he remarked that Harris seemed “awfully familiar” with the questions. However, ABC News, which hosted the debate, strongly denied the claims.
ABC told The Daily Beast that they “absolutely” did not provide Harris with questions in advance, and no campaign staff communicated with the debate moderators. Conservative commentator Laura Loomer added fuel to the conspiracy by claiming on social media that Harris’s earrings contained hidden audio devices.
“Interesting choice of earrings tonight, @KamalaHarris,” Loomer tweeted, accompanied by an image of ‘audio earrings.’ Fact-checkers quickly debunked the claim, confirming that Harris wore regular Tiffany & Co. earrings during the debate. Similar false accusations have surfaced in past elections, such as the unfounded claim that Hillary Clinton used an earpiece during the 2016 campaign.
At the Las Vegas rally, Trump didn’t stop at accusations of cheating. In a wide-ranging 80-minute speech, he made several controversial and inaccurate statements. According to The New York Times, he mispronounced Harris’s name, calling her “Kambabla,” and mistakenly referred to her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, as “the vice president.”
Trump also falsely claimed that Harris supports taking children from parents for gender-affirming surgeries without consent, a statement fact-checkers refuted since no state allows such procedures without parental approval. Additionally, Trump repeated a shocking and false assertion that Democrat-led states allow infanticide, a claim that has been widely debunked since infanticide is illegal nationwide.
On immigration, Trump used strong language, describing the situation at the border as an “invasion” and comparing migrants to an army without uniforms. He made a dramatic promise to “liberate” certain parts of the country, stating, “We will deploy ICE, D.H.S., and other federal officials to go in and liberate Aurora (a city in Colorado).”
