Fact Check: Sign Is NOT Real In Video Of Kamala Harris, Tim Walz Posing In Front Of 'Revolutionary Communists of America' Poster -- Image Has Been Altered

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  • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
Fact Check: Sign Is NOT Real In Video Of Kamala Harris, Tim Walz Posing In Front Of 'Revolutionary Communists of America' Poster -- Image Has Been Altered Poster Altered

Does a video show Kamala Harris and Tim Walz posing in front of a real "Revolutionary Communists of America" poster? No, that's not true: The poster in the video has been digitally altered as the original footage from a campaign event in Phoenix, Arizona shows. Harris and Walz were standing in front of a sign that read, "Kamala and the Coach," as multiple videos and photos from the August 2024 event show.

The claim appeared in a post and video (archived here) on X, formerly known as Twitter, on September 30, 2024. It said:

Whatever you do, do not share this again. Kamala hates the fact that she's been branded as a communist. Even though it's 100% true.

This is what the post looked like on X at the time of writing:

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(Source: X screenshot taken on Tue Oct 1 17:50:55 2024 UTC)

The poster that reads "REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNISTS OF AMERICA" has been digitally added to the footage. While Lead Stories could not determine the exact video used in the post on X, multiple videos from the event show that the sign actually read, "KAMALA AND THE COACH."

A C-SPAN video posted on YouTube (archived here) from the event at a Phoenix campaign office on August 10, 2024, shows the poster behind Harris and Walz as he takes a selfie with her, as this screenshot shows:

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(Source: YouTube screenshot taken on Tue Oct 1 17:52:11 2024 UTC)

Harris posted a similar video to her official TikTok page (archived here) showing the poster that says "KAMALA AND THE COACH":

@kamalaharris

Loved meeting with volunteers at our field office in Phoenix and taking a photo with our next vice president.

♬ original sound - Kamala Harris

Walz posted a photo of their selfie on his X account (archived here) that showed the poster behind them as this screenshot shows:

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(Source: X screenshot taken on Tue Oct 1 17:58:23 2024 UTC)

A second digitally altered image in the video is the sign on the table that reads, "DEMOCRATS PROTECT ABORTION," which was changed to an image of Communist leaders.

News outlets including The Guardian (archived here) and Arizona Central (archived here) reported on their visit to the campaign office with images from Getty Images (archived here) that showed the scene withe the actual poster.

Other Lead Stories fact checks about Kamala Harris can be found here and Tim Walz can be found here. Here are more 2024 presidential election stories.

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  Alexis Tereszcuk

Alexis Tereszcuk is a writer and fact checker at Lead Stories and an award-winning journalist who spent over a decade breaking hard news and celebrity scoop with RadarOnline and Us Weekly.

As the Entertainment Editor, she investigated Hollywood stories and conducted interviews with A-list celebrities and reality stars.  

Alexis’ crime reporting earned her spots as a contributor on the Nancy Grace show, CNN, Fox News and Entertainment Tonight, among others.

Read more about or contact Alexis Tereszcuk

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