Vice President Kamala Harris won Tuesday’s debate over GOP nominee Donald Trump, a result confirmed in several national polls. average Fifty-seven percent of voters gave Harris the edge, while just 34 percent said Trump won, according to a panel of voters. By CNN and Washington Post It shows similar results.
But according to Trump and his most ardent supporters, the solution was already in motion. 67 million viewers As Trump watched Harris berate him for the fake story that immigrants eat pets, the right wasted no time in throwing out a few conspiracy theories to “prove” why the candidate lost.
1. Biased supervisor
The initial conspiracy theory began to form as the debate progressed, with commentators including former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly expressing their outrage on social media.
“These supervisors are a shameful failure, and this is one of the most biased and unfair debates I’ve ever seen. Shame on you, ABC.” she wrote.
What is the obvious sin of ABC News anchors David Muir and Lindsey Davis? Fact-checking Trump. As the reporters corrected Trump’s most blatant lies, Conservatives began to criticize It is believed to be part of a “three-on-one” attack on Trump.
The morning after the debate, Trump complained in an interview with Fox News that it was a “rigged deal” and that ABC should have its license revoked for comparing his investigation to reality.
2. Harris was questioned in advance.
Trump claimed without evidence that Harris had been given the debate questions in advance, which he believed explained why the vice president was so prepared to counter him.
“She seems very comfortable with the questions,” Trump said. Said Fox News.
As a sitting president, former senator, and state attorney general, Harris has a long history of preparing for major events in her career. Washington Post ReportedShe was locked in a rigorous “debate camp” for four days before the event. It’s not an unfounded claim that she was given advance notice of the questions, but that likely explains her outstanding performance.
3. Harris used an earpiece
If she hadn’t been asked the question in advance, conservative activists would have Now I claimed The claim is that the vice president wore a device in her ear so that someone behind the scenes could transmit her answers. This claim has been promoted by Trump. Travel Companion Laura Loomer and others use conservative arguments that Harris lacks intelligence.
In reality, Harris wore A pair of South Sea pearl earrings from the Tiffany Hardware Collection.
4. Bright lights!
A conservative activist Serial misinformation poster Posted by Matt Wallace. Video Editing A close-up photo of Trump’s eyes during the debate. In an accompanying post, he claimed, without evidence, that ABC News “installed distracting lighting toward Trump’s podium,” forcing Trump to look left and right during the broadcast.
In fact, television broadcasts use high-intensity lighting to enable cameras to capture what is being broadcast, otherwise viewers would not be able to see anything.
5. Magic?
According to Lance Walno, a religious right activist who describes himself as a Christian nationalist, claimed Harris won the debate through witchcraft.
“She can look like the president,” Wallnau said in the video stream. “That’s what I’m tempted to call magic. It’s a manipulation of images that creates the impression that it’s not true, but it’s tempting you to see it. So I think that spirit, that occult spirit, is working on her and through her.”
6. Female Student Union Connection
The New York Post, owned by Rupert Murdoch, owner of Fox News, I posted a story It highlights the fact that Harris and debate moderator Davis are alumnae of Alpha Kappa Alpha, a historically black sorority. The Post has drawn complaints about the false connection from conservative social media posters, including one who said in the article that membership in the sorority was “related to potential bias.”
Official website of the Girls’ Friendship Association Note There are over 1,074 Alpha Kappa Alpha chapters with over 360,000 members in 11 countries and every state in the United States.
Harris attended Howard University and graduated in 1986, and Davis attended the University of Virginia and graduated in 1999. The odds that two black women would have been in the same sorority are not as great as the Post believes.
Conservatives love conspiracy theories and tend to spread them in response to the success of Democratic politicians. Right-wing Amplified ‘Nativist Conspiracy’ About President Barack Obama Got pushed The existence of a “death list” related to the injuries of former President Bill Clinton and his wife and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The false narrative about Harris has put her in the presidency, which is probably not what the right intended.
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