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Kamala Harris's Stupid Phone Mistake Has Social Media Laughing: 'Fake and Staged'
Kamala Harris made an embarrassing mistake on Election Day. She pointed her smartphone at the camera, claiming she was "talking to a voter," but it turns out the Democrat wasn't on the phone at all.
"Have you voted yet?" I called Harris and asked. Then she paused, as if listening, and exclaimed, "I did, thank you!"
The vice president turned his cellphone toward fans gathered at Democratic Party headquarters in Washington and applauded.
But viewers at home quickly noticed that she had her camera app open and was showing images on her phone screen when she wasn't talking on the phone.
One viewer wrote on the platform, "I laughed too hard... Everything about Kamala is fake and staged."
Another wrote on social media.
While others called the apparently botched stunt "cruel" and "disgraceful," some suggested that Harris may have actually been on the phone. "You'll see one user, so your cheek can't call numbers (like hers), it only does it while you're talking."
Harris also made several more calls on air, telling callers that their vote "matters" and that they should try to get to the polls on Election Day.
Harris was heard telling someone on the phone, "I'm fine." "I just wanted to call you and check in and see where you can go today if you haven't voted yet. Thank you so much. Thank you for being active." To participate in this very important process and lay the foundations of democracy..."
"I couldn't do this without people like you," she added.
Harris asked others to "remind each other and everyone else of the power of their voices."
It comes after recent polls showed Harris heading into Election Day with a four-point lead over Trump after narrowing the gender gap. Harris, 60, had 51% support in a recent PBS News/NPR/Marist poll, according to the Daily Mail. Trump has 47%.
Polls show that Kamala Harris's rise comes after Trump's lead among male voters dropped significantly in the final days before the election. Trump, 78, previously led male voters with 57% but now leads with 51%, compared to Harris's 47%. However, the lead among Democratic women has fallen to 11%, from 18%.