The former president claimed on Truth Social on Sunday that the large crowd seen in a photo at Harris’ campaign rally in Detroit was “fake.”
Horror novelist Stephen King wrote on social media on Sunday that Donald Trump “has really lost it” after the former president went on a rant claiming that Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, used artificial intelligence (AI) in a photo to bolster her rally crowd size in Detroit earlier this week.
Harris has hit the ground running after President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign and endorsed her on July 21. She has brought in tens of thousands of attendees at her rallies in Philadelphia, Detroit and Glendale, Arizona, according to her campaign. Meanwhile, Harris’ campaign has used the vice president’s large crowd sizes to repeatedly mock Trump, the GOP’s presidential nominee, for having empty seats at his campaign events.
Referencing Harris’ rally in Detroit, Trump wrote in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, on Sunday afternoon, “Has anyone noticed that Kamala CHEATED at the airport? There was nobody at the plane, and she ‘A.I.’d’ it, and showed a massive ‘crowd’ of so-called followers, BUT THEY DIDN’T EXIST!”
The former president claimed that the large crowd at Harris’ rally was also “fake”, adding, “She should be disqualified because the creation of a fake image is ELECTION INTERFERENCE. Anyone who does that will cheat at ANYTHING!”
A Harris campaign official told Newsweek via email late Sunday afternoon, “I can confirm that the photo was taken by Harris campaign staff and not modified by AI in any way.
