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In late August 2020, Snopes readers inquired about a meme circulating on Facebook that contained a quote attributed to U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, in which she referred to her running mate, Joe Biden, as trash: We found no evidence Harris made this comment about Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. In fact, the quote seems to have originated with a June 2019 post on a news and entertainment blog called Flim Flam — but the quote wasn't attributed to Harris on that blog. Instead, it was simply commentary by the blog writer. Here's the quote from the blog, in context: This isn't the first time an inflammatory quote has been falsely attributed to Harris. In early August 2020, for example, a statement attributed to Harris saying she would be coming for supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump circulated widely on social media. It was a fake quote that originated on a website labeled satire. Although Harris and Biden did clash during Democratic primary debates, when Harris was campaigning to be the party's nominee, Harris never made the comment calling Biden trash. Instead, it was taken out of context from a blog post written by someone else and attributed to her.
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