Trump accused Harris of falsifying an official photo
Photo: REUTERS.
The frantic Donald Trump asked the elements to help him in his battle with Kamala Harris for the US presidency. The Republican criticized his rival for the fact that neither she nor Biden, who is still in the White House, are doing anything to eliminate the terrible consequences of Hurricane Helen, which hit several states on the east coast of the United States last week. . Hundreds of houses were destroyed and more than 120 people were killed. Furthermore, the count of the victims has not yet been completed; About 600 residents are missing. But the country’s leaders are in no particular hurry to express their attitude to the disaster.
Trump criticized the photo posted on Harris’ official account. In the photo, she is sitting at a table in the cabin of the vice president’s plane, Air Force Two, listening to something through her phone’s headphones and scribbling notes on a sheet of paper. The caption says the vice president is speaking with the governor of the disaster-hit state of North Carolina about the progress of rescue and recovery efforts. “Another FAKE, staged photo from someone who has no idea what they are doing,” the Republican presidential candidate wrote on his own social media site, Truth Social. “You have to plug the cable into the phone for it to work!” – he added.
The fact is, notes The New York Post, that looking at the image, it appears as if the headphone cable was not connected to the mobile phone that is on the table in front of Harris. And the piece of paper that Kamala is holding her pen on looks clean. Is there a rough staging? Donald’s supporters immediately joined the attack on social media. “Next time, the photographer should make sure the headphones are plugged in,” wrote Arizona Republican Congressman Andy Biggs. “She pretends instead of doing something,” jokes conservative commentator Molly Hemingway.
Harris is really at a disadvantage. Five days after the disaster, he did not find the opportunity to visit any of the affected states. And President Biden, who no longer needs anything at all, spent all this time, as always, at his beach house in Delaware. The Daily Mail reported that Joe was forced to apologize to reporters on Monday. “I was in charge, I spoke on the phone for at least two hours yesterday and the day before yesterday as well,” Biden assured them. “I hope to be there (in North Carolina – Ed.) on Wednesday or Thursday. “They told me if I did this right now it would cause a riot.”
Meanwhile, Trump had already managed to help: he flew to the state of Georgia and inspected the destruction left by “Helen.” And, of course, he took advantage of this visit for his electoral campaign, communicating warmly with the affected citizens and promising to deliver several trucks with humanitarian aid.
“Biden and Harris abandoned Americans in Afghanistan,” Trump continued to smolder in his next post on Truth Social. “They sacrificed Americans for an open border and now they are leaving them to drown in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama and other southern states.”
Kamala, instead of delivering a harsh rebuke to her opponent’s “delusional speculation,” as expected, hid in the shadows. And, following Biden’s example, he began to avoid communicating with the press. On Monday, she appeared at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, where members of the media peppered her with questions about Trump’s allegations. But Harris remained silent as a rock and with a strange smile on his face he watched as the journalists were removed from the premises by decision of the agency’s management. Either he couldn’t find the right words, or he really made a mistake, forgetting to connect the headphones to the phone in the fake photo…
