“Vice President Kamala Harris “was born in Canada.”
Social media posts
in a Threads post. Claim dated 31 Jul 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
Vice President Kamala Harris was born in 1964 in Oakland, California. Harris lived in Canada from ages 12 to 18. She moved back to the United States after finishing high school.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 31 July 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 August 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
Where the claim appeared
- Threads posthttps://www.threads.net/@jdkaze/post/C-HNGhpMnXs
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