Every Claim Harris Has Made That We've Fact-Checked During 2024 Presidential Campaign (2024)

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We've fact-checked many claims the Democratic vice president has made during her run for the nation's highest office.

Izz Scott LaMagdeleine

Published Oct. 12, 2024

Every Claim Harris Has Made That We've Fact-Checked During 2024 Presidential Campaign (1)

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Democratic U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has made many claims during her 2024 presidential campaign. We've fact-checked claims Harris has made in campaign ads about working at a McDonald's when she was a college student, as well as whether she told Oprah Winfrey she was a gun owner (true).

Some of the claims Harris has made that we've fact-checked have been about former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee. One claim was about whether Trump would sign a national abortion ban, while another claim focused on his proposed tariffs plan.

Be sure to keep an eye on this roundup; we'll keep it updated whenever we publish a new article about a claim Harris has made.

What We Know About Harris' Response to Protesters Who Shouted 'Jesus Is Lord' at RallyOct. 22, 2024Here are the facts about a video in which the vice president addressed anti-abortion demonstrato ...Read More
Rumors Claim Harris Plagiarized MLK. Here's What We KnowOct. 16, 2024The claim centers on something Harris supposedly said as a toddler.Read More
Did Harris Say European Explorers Brought Devastation, Violence and Disease?Oct. 14, 2024"Kamala Harris perfectly sums up her hatred for the founding of America," one conservative comme ...Read More
No Evidence Harris Borrowed Saying, 'What Can Be, Unburdened by What Has Been,' from MarxOct. 8, 2024Republicans have often accused the Democratic vice president of having “Marxist” ties.Read More
Video That Shows Harris Calling Young Adults 'Stupid' Is Real — But Lacks ContextOct. 3, 2024A 2014 video supposedly shows the then-California attorney general saying 18- to 24-year-olds “m ...Read More
Harris Proposed $25K Down Payment Plan for First-Time Homebuyers, But Not Undocumented ImmigrantsOct. 2, 2024"Pretty much a program exclusively for illegals, and YOU'RE going to pay for it," an internet us ...Read More
Harris Claims Trump Would Sign National Abortion Ban. Here's What We KnowOct. 1, 2024While Vance and Walz battled it out on stage, Trump confirmed his stance on a federal abortion b ...Read More
Harris Supported Gender-Affirming Surgeries for Undocumented Immigrants in Custody?Sept. 27, 2024"Even the liberal media was shocked," an ad for the Trump campaign said.Read More
Harris Posted Tweet Thanking Diddy for Hosting Town Hall?Sept. 20, 2024Following the rapper's arrest on charges of sex trafficking, users on social media investigated ...Read More
Harris Told Oprah Winfrey She's a Gun Owner?Sept. 20, 2024"If somebody breaks in my house they're getting shot," she told Oprah Winfrey.Read More
Trump's Proposed Tariffs: What Are They, and How Would They Affect US Economy?Sept. 19, 2024During the Sept. 10 debate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris lambasted the former president's p ...Read More
No, Harris Didn't Say 'I Promise to Do Everything I Could Have Done but Didn't Do'Sept. 18, 2024Harris purportedly said, “I promise to do everything I could have done but didn't do because if ...Read More
Kamala Harris, Who Advocates Stricter Gun Laws, Is a Gun Owner?Sept. 13, 2024Harris' gun control policies face increasing scrutiny as the 2024 presidential election nears.Read More
Did Trump Leave Office with 1 of Highest Trade Deficits in US History?Sept. 11, 2024The U.S. trade deficit hit one of its highest levels in history during the Trump administration, ...Read More
Harris Once Said, 'An Undocumented Immigrant Is Not a Criminal'?Aug. 30, 2024An X post from 2017 went viral after Elon Musk resurfaced it.Read More
No, Harris Didn't Say All Democrats Will Be Required To Take COVID-19 Vaccine in Order To VoteAug. 29, 2024An updated COVID-19 vaccine was approved by the FDA in August 2024.Read More
Harris Misspoke When She Said 220M Americans Died of COVID-19Aug. 28, 2024The then-candidate for vice president misspoke at a campaign event in October 2020.Read More
Yes, Harris Plans to Institute 25% Tax on Unrealized Capital Gains — of Wealthiest AmericansAug. 27, 2024The plan will be "the absolute end of the middle class," U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, from Colorado ...Read More
Harris Claims She Worked at McDonald's in College. Here's What We KnowAug. 27, 2024The presidential candidate has repeatedly claimed the alleged work experience in an attempt to c ...Read More
No, Harris Never Said Trump's Supporters Would 'Feel the Vengeance of a Nation'Aug. 24, 2024The alleged quote, dated to June 18, 2020, has been shared as an image on social media sites lik ...Read More
About That Rumor Harris Said She Can Ruin Lives with the 'Swipe of a Pen'Aug. 22, 2024Quotes taken out of context continued to spread as the 2024 U.S. presidential election heated up.Read More
Kamala Harris Once Said She Listens to Snoop Dogg and Tupac and Admitted To Smoking Weed in CollegeAug. 21, 2024A revelatory 2019 interview featuring the now-vice president resurfaced online in 2024.Read More
Video Showing Harris Saying She Will 'Snatch' Patents Lacks ContextAug. 20, 2024A remark made by then-U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris in November 2019 about "snatching" patents resurfa ...Read More
Video Shows Harris Misspeaking 'Reduce Population' When She Meant 'Reduce Pollution'Aug. 13, 2024A rumor from July 2023 about U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris made a comeback in August 2024.Read More
Kamala Harris Said 220M People in US Died of COVID-19?Aug. 10, 2024"Does anyone recall when Harris claimed that 220 million Americans died from COVID in 2020," one ...Read More
Harris and Walz Announced Assault Weapons Ban, Not Gun Ban, During RallyAug. 9, 2024Throughout her career, Kamala Harris has supported the reinstatement of the 1994 assault weapons ...Read More

By Izz Scott LaMagdeleine

Izz Scott LaMagdeleine is the web producer/production editor for Snopes.

Every Claim Harris Has Made That We've Fact-Checked During 2024 Presidential Campaign (2024)

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