Kamala Harris becomes US Vice-President-elect: A look at oft-repeated misconceptions about the Democrat leader
FirstpostKamala Harris, the United States’ Vice-President-elect, has had to deal with a large amount of misinformation after she was nominated by the Democrats to vie for the post Kamala Harris, the United States’ Vice-President-elect, has had to deal with a large amount of misinformation after she was nominated by the Democrats to vie for the post. Citizenship After Harris became the Vice-President-elect in the US, search terms such as ‘Kamala Harris is Indian’ began trending in India. Follow LIVE updates on US election results here Outgoing US president Donald Trump had also earlier stoked questions about Harris’ citizenship and her eligibility to run for public office. As mentioned by the BBC, she wrote in her autobiography: “My mother understood very well that she was raising two black daughters…She knew that her adopted homeland would see Maya [her sister> and me as black girls, and she was determined to make sure we would grow into confident, proud black women.” ‘Pizzagate’ conspiracy theory ‘Pizzagate’ is a conspiracy theory which suggests that Hillary Clinton and Democratic elites ran a child sex-trafficking ring through a Washington pizza restaurant. This theory claims that Harris is involved in the alleged racket as her sister was invited by Clinton’s presidential campaign manager to a ‘Hillary pizza party’ in 2016_._ However, the claim about such a theory is baseless and there is no evidence to back it up, as noted by The New York Times.