Kamala Harris posted about banning Barron Trump’s friend from X because he wore a “Biden Loves Minors” shirt.
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No, Kamala Harris did not insult Barron Trump’s 17-year-old friend on X
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The post is on neither of Harris’ official X accounts.
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Social media analytics show that Harris has not deleted any X posts in the last 30 days.
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A Harris spokesperson told USA Today that Harris did not repost the image of Donald Trump’s son’s friend, Bo Loudon, wearing a derogatory T-shirt.
Former President Donald Trump’s 18 year-old-son, Barron Trump, and his friend, 17-year-old Bo Loudon, have been reportedly helping the former president with his social media strategy.
But Vice President Kamala Harris did not demand Loudon’s banning from social media for wearing a "Biden Loves Minors" shirt, as social media users have claimed.
An Instagram user posted a screenshot purportedly from Harris’s X account, with an image of Loudon wearing a T-shirt mocking President Joe Biden while standing with Donald Trump Jr., Trump’s older son.
"Wow. Barron Trump’s ignant 17 year old MAGA Republican friend @BoLoudon is disgusting," text on the alleged post reads, using shorthand for "ignorant." "He wears a "Biden Loves Minors" shirt that mocks BLM – pure racism! I want him banned. Do NOT follow him!"
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The photo of Loudon and Trump Jr. was first posted on Loudon’s Instagram account in 2022, but it doesn’t appear on either of Harris’s official X accounts. There have also been no media reports of Harris reposting the picture.
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Harris has not deleted any posts on her X account in the past 30 days, data collected by Social Blade, a social media analytics website, showed.
A Harris spokesperson declined to comment on whether the post was authentic, but a Harris spokesperson told USA Today that Harris did not repost the image of Loudon.
We rate the claim that Harris posted about banning Barron Trump’s friend from X because he wore a "Biden Loves Minors" shirt False.
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Instagram post (archived), Aug. 12, 2024
Instagram post, March 27, 2022
Kamala Harris, Social Blade, accessed Aug. 14, 2024
Phone interview, Mia Ehrenberg, Kamala Harris spokesperson, Aug. 13, 2024
USA Today, Kamala Harris didn’t call teen a ‘racist.’ Post is a fabrication, July 30, 2024
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