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stated on June 27, 2024 in social media posts:

Kamala Harris’ X post said the Olympics’ opening ceremony “made France look great! America, this is what we need to strive towards!”

French athletes wave flags, July 26, 2024, as they sail in a boat on the Seine River during the opening ceremony for the Summer Olympics in Paris. (AP)

By Sabine Martin August 6, 2024

Kamala Harris didn’t praise the Olympics’ opening ceremony in an X post

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A review of Vice President Kamala Harris’ social media accounts confirmed that she never posted on X on the day of or in the days following the 2024 Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony.
The post appears to have originated on a satire site.

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Some critics of Vice President Kamala Harris are claiming she posted on X praising the Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony, which generated controversy.

A July 28 X post that included a screenshot of what appeared to be a Harris X post that said, "What an impressive show by all of these beautiful and diverse people at the Opening Ceremony of The Olympics! Director Thomas Jolly did an incredible job, and made France look great! America, this is what we need to strive towards!"

But Harris didn’t post on X with that, or anything else, reacting to the Olympics’ opening ceremony.

The screenshot went viral on Instagram and X. The screenshot appears to have originated July 27 on an X account called Simply Satire.

The fabricated post shows three scenes screenshotted from the July 26 opening ceremony. The ceremony included scenes with performers dressed in drag that conservative lawmakers have criticized, saying they appeared to mock "The Last Supper." Jolly, the Paris Olympics’ artistic director, said July 28 on French TV that the scene was meant to depict a Dionysian pagan celebration.

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We found no evidence that Harris posted the statement on her X accounts, @KamalaHarris, @VP and @KamalaHQ.

When contacted for comment, Harris’ campaign called the post "obviously untrue."

Social media analytics platform Social Blade shows that Harris’ X account did not delete any posts July 26 or 27. An Aug. 5 review of Harris’ accounts on X, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook showed no posts about the Olympics’ opening ceremony as of that date.

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A search of her three X accounts for the term "Olympics" shows that her most recent post on the topic was from 2020. On her @VP X and TikTok accounts, Harris posted in July to thank the USA men’s basketball team for representing the nation at the Summer Games.

The opening ceremony scene sparked discussion among Republicans and religious leaders.

Trump said July 29 on Fox News that the opening ceremony had "scenes of derision and mockery of Christianity."

Similarly, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., wrote July 27 on X that the opening ceremony was insulting to Christian people.

Social media claims used a fabricated tweet to claim that Harris posted on social media that the Olympics’ Opening Ceremony "made France look great! America, this is what we need to strive towards!" We rate those claims False.