Viral Posts Make Baseless Claim About Harris’ Earrings at the Debate

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump clashed in their first presidential debate on Sept. 10 in Philadelphia. Before the debate, the candidates agreed to a set of rules, including no prewritten notes or props and no interaction with their staff members during the two commercial breaks.

But viral posts on social media baselessly claimed that Harris cheated by wearing earrings that contained earphones and suggested that her remarks and responses were fed to her during the debate.

A Sept. 10 Instagram post, which received more than 39,000 likes, said, “The earphone earring that Kamala was apparently wearing was created in early 2023.” The post shows an image of an article touting “Nova H1 audio earrings.”

Another Instagram post reads: “BUSTED! SHE’S WEARING EARPHONE EARRINGS.” The post shows photos of Harris’ pearl earring and a similar but not identical earring identified in an ad as a Nova H1 audio earring.