Trump says Kamala Harris should be disqualified for 'fake image' of crowd. What's the truth?
Kamala Harris
Donald Trump does not seem to want to let go of any opportunity to target his rival Kamala Harris, even if it means citing something unproven. Recently, Trump alleged that Harris was faking the size of her rallies and posted a photo to support his claim. The photo is from a Harris-Walz rally at the Detroit Metro Airport held on Wednesday. A large crowd can be seen standing in front of Air Force Two, the official airplane of the vice president.
Right-wingers pointed out that the photo was digitally manipulated because there was no reflection on the plane's turbine. While videos from the event prove that several people were present at the event, Trump claimed that Harris AI'd the photo.
Trump said that thousands of people can be seen at the rally in the photo, but "there was nobody at the plane".
Trump wrote on the Truth Social platform, "Has anyone noticed that Kamala CHEATED at the airport? There was nobody at the plane, and she "AI'd" it, and showed a massive "crowd" of so-called followers, BUT THEY DIDN'T EXIST!"
"She's a CHEATER. She had NOBODY waiting and the "crowd" looks like 10,000 people!" he added.
Trump accused Harris of doing the same at other events where she gives speeches.
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"Same thing is happening with her fake "crowds" at her speeches.
Trump went on to demand that Harris should be disqualified because of her "fake" image.
'This is the way Democrats win Elections. She should be disqualified because the creation of a fake image is ELECTION INTERFERENCE. Anyone who does that will cheat at ANYTHING!" he added.
Some people on the internet are also backing Trump's claim, citing "no reflection" as the reason.
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"If you look closely at the paint job of the airplane, you'll notice that the crowd does not reflect in the paint. Her crowd is fake. Her voters are fake. Her marriage is fake. Her political career is fake," one X user wrote.
Videos prove the photo is real
Meanwhile, videos of the event prove that the photo isn't fake. Similarly, fact-check website Snopes also said that the Winston AI Detector found the image to be "96 per cent human". The photo was '"likely photographed by someone and not created using an AI-generation tool."
Spectrum News also said that"the crowd did in fact exist, and the rally was attended by thousands of people". Notably, people who attended the rally also posted their own photos later, proving that the photo is real.
"About 15,000 people filled the hangar, the crowd spilling out onto the tarmac,"Michigan outlet MLivereported.
(With inputs from agencies)
