Topline
Misinformation about Vice President Kamala Harris’ appearance at a town hall event broadcast by Univision is circulating on X, formerly Twitter, after right-wing influencers and figures falsely accused her, again without evidence, of using a teleprompter at an event.
Key Facts
A video clip of Harris appearing at the event in Las Vegas on Thursday pans around to the audience and briefly shows a teleprompter with words on it before it turns off.
A number of Republicans and right-wing influencers took the text on the teleprompter as proof Harris relied on it for the town hall.
Fox News host Sean Hannity reposted a clip of the town hall on X (now deleted), writing “Kamala uses teleprompter for ‘unscripted’ town hall.” Benny Johnson, a popular far-right influencer accused of receiving funding from Russia , also reposted the clip on X with the claim “Univision accidentally broadcast proof that Kamala used a teleprompter at her town hall” —which has received over 100,000 likes (he has not deleted the post).