Did Howard University professors confirm that Vice President Kamala Harris was "the worst student ever"? No, that's not true: This first appeared in a post on Facebook that had "Satire" in the caption. The Facebook account that initially posted the information says in its bio that it posts satire and nothing on its page is real.
The claim appeared in a post on Facebook (archived here) on September 13, 2024. The caption read:
Howard University Professors Confirm: "Kamala Was the Worst Student Ever"
. Full story in the first comment below
This is what the post looked like on Facebook at the time of writing:
(Source: Facebook screenshot taken on Tue Sep 17 13:53:41 2024 UTC)
A link in the comments led to the full article. The URL link began with "cnn24update.com," which is not a URL affiliated with the TV network CNN.
This claim (archived here) originated on SpaceX Fanclub's Facebook page on September 10, 2024, with the caption:
'Harris was the worst student ever'
Satire
The page's Facebook bio (archived here) also reads:
We post SATIRE, nothing on this page is real.
Using keywords, Lead Stories searched in the Google News archive and found no credible reporting to corroborate the claim (archived here).
Lead Stories contacted Howard University about the claim and will update this fact check if we receive a relevant response.
More Lead Stories fact checks of claims about Kamala Harris can be read here; more fact checks about the 2024 presidential election are here.
