post Share on social media The footage purportedly shows Secret Service agents failing to protect Vice President Kamala Harris from a disruptor who stormed the stage during her speech.
SHOCKING: Vice President Kamala Harris’ Secret Service allowed a crazy white man to get close to her, after she was eventually protected by the White House Press Secretary. pic.twitter.com/2MTnmx5PPO
— Sir Maejor 🇺🇸 (@Maejor4Congress) January 9, 2024
Verdict: Lack of context
The video was from 2019, when Harris was a senator running for president and was not under Secret Service protection.
Fact check:
Since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race, Harris has received endorsements from several Democratic leaders for the presidency, but other candidates have yet to comment. Fox News Both the Clintons and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have reportedly endorsed Harris, but former President Barack Obama and House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries have not yet done so at the time of writing.
According to a post shared on X, then known as Twitter, onlookers were allowed to attack Harris while she was onstage. Video shows onlookers approaching Harris and snatching her microphone while she was speaking at the event.
The caption reads: “SHOCKING: VP Kamala Harris’ Secret Service allowed a crazy white man to approach her. She was ultimately protected by the White House Press Secretary.”
This claim is inaccurate: the video was taken in 2019, when Harris was a senator and not under Secret Service protection. June 2019, Harris is A senator running for president, she announced her candidacy earlier that year. USA Today. (Related: No, the video doesn’t show Kamala Harris’ first presidential ad)
The Secret Service provides protection for presidential candidates, Early in the race Website The protection applies to “the major presidential and vice presidential candidates and their spouses within 120 days of a presidential election.” This incident occurred well before that deadline.
This isn’t the first time misinformation has been shared online: Check Your Facts recently refuted claims by J.D. Vance that former President Trump opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq and that Biden supported it.
