Are individuals getting paid to attend Vice President Kamala Harris’ marketing campaign occasions? That’s what a viral submit on TikTok desires some to consider.
The clip reveals a lady telling a narrative about how Harris’ marketing campaign is purportedly paying her nail technician’s cousin to attend the democratic presidential candidate’s marketing campaign occasions.
“I simply left my nail salon and my nail tech … they mentioned that their one cousin is in South Philly and take heed to this, she is getting paid $700 every week to go to wherever Kamala’s marketing campaign tells them to go to,” she mentioned within the Sept. 21 submit. “So, it’s a $100 a day, $700 every week, and she or he’s not even a citizen, she will’t vote, however she desires that more money.”
A Sept. 22 X submit additionally shared the video with the misspelled caption, “Kamala Harris Paying Non-Residents $700 Per Week To Attend Rallys and Protest.”
The unique video has greater than 104,000 views. The TikTok account that posted it goes by @thatboostedchickofficial, and the bio says, “Mannequin by day, restaurant proprietor by evening.”
The TikTokker goes by “Samantha Gashi” on Instagram, though information retailers have reported her title as “Samantha Gangewere,” including that she’s an OnlyFans mannequin and co-owns a Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, steakhouse.
Gangewere often posts movies in help of Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump; Trump additionally reposted Gangewere’ video Sept. 23 on his Reality Social platform.
The Kamala Harris-Tim Walz marketing campaign confirmed to PolitiFact that the video’s declare is unfaithful.
PolitiFact additionally discovered no proof that claims Harris’ marketing campaign is paying individuals to attend its occasions.
We searched Google and the Nexis information database and located no credible information reviews in regards to the Harris-Walz marketing campaign having paid individuals to attend occasions.
The declare that individuals are getting paid to attend occasions isn’t new.
We rated False in August a Craigslist advert providing anti-Trump protesters $15 per hour to attend a Phoenix occasion. The advert had been circulating since 2020, and Trump’s 2024 rally was in Gilbert, Arizona, not in Phoenix, because the advert listed.
Reuters additionally rated False a declare suggesting that Harris’ marketing campaign buses had been used to take individuals to a Charlotte, North Carolina, rally Sept. 12, however the buses had been used as a safety barrier, not for transit.
Again in 2016, we rated Pants On Hearth! a declare repeated by Trump that protesters who focused his rallies throughout his presidential marketing campaign had been paid $3,500 to attend.
We charge the declare that individuals are “getting paid $700 every week” to go to Harris’ marketing campaign occasions False.
