U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks to supporters at a campaign rally in Romulus, Michigan, the United States, on August 7, 2024.
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former president Donald Trump On Sunday, he accused his opponent in the November election, Vice President Kamala Harris,use artificial intelligence technology Fabricated images of crowd sizes at rallies amplify a baseless conspiracy to explain the intense enthusiasm for NDP votes.
“Did anyone notice that Kamala was tricked at the airport? There was no one on the plane and she ‘AI’d it and showed a large ‘crowd’ of so-called followers but they didn’t exist!” Republican presidential candidate wrote truth society.
Trump was referring to photos of a large crowd gathered on a tarmac in Michigan last week, cheering on Harris as she stepped out of Air Force Two. His comments mimicked the conspiracy of “MAGA” Republican commentators, some of whom have previously been arrested for promoting misinformation.
The Harris campaign denied the accusation, insisting the image was “an actual photo of Harris waltzing in front of 15,000 people in Michigan.”
The campaign also took the opportunity to point out the contrast between Harris’ campaign schedule over the past week and Trump’s: “Trump still hasn’t campaigned in swing states in more than a week…low energy?”
The back-and-forth exemplifies how more advanced artificial intelligence tools have streamlined the spread of misinformation this election cycle, making it harder than ever for voters to discern reality from online conspiracy.
But Trump’s peddling of the conspiracy was one of several social media tirade directed at Harris this weekend.
On Saturday, he blasted Harris for copying his proposal to Eliminate tip taxshe made the announcement at a rally in Las Vegas on Saturday, months after Trump made the same promise at his own rally in Las Vegas in June.
Trump wrote in the statement: “(Harris) has no imagination whatsoever, as shown by the fact that she plays ‘parody,’ tips are not taxed!” truth society Posted on Saturday night.
Trump’s outrage on social media ultimately reflected the Republican presidential nominee’s nervous breakdown.
Within three weeks of taking office Joe Biden After dropping out of the race and endorsing Harris, the vice president’s donations reached record levels and her rallies regularly drew tens of thousands of attendees.
Last week, the Harris campaign organized Lecture tour in seven battleground states Nationwide, although some of these sites have been delayed due to severe weather.
That’s a much faster pace than the campaign has been when Biden was at the helm, and a stark contrast to Trump’s relaxed schedule over the past few weeks.
Trump has held one rally so far in August and has said he does not plan to travel until after the Democratic National Convention, which runs from August 19 to August 22.
