DigitEye India Fact Checkers
Amid the ongoing campaign trail by US Vice President Kamala Harris and former US President Donald Trump, a video has been shared by the Trump Campaign alleging that Kamala Harris gave a “blank stare” when asked about Trump’s proposal that she takes a cognitive test.
CBS: President Trump is calling for you to take a cognitive test.
KAMALA: *blank stare* pic.twitter.com/nqhwqZBPWj
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 28, 2024
The video shows Harris staring at the interviewer and the claim reads:” CBS: President Trump is calling for you to take a cognitive test. KAMALA: *blank stare* — Trump War Room.” It has been widely shared on social media and can be accessed here and here.
FACT-CHECK
When Digiteye India team checked for the authenticity of the video looking for the original footage, we realized that the answer was, in fact, given by Kamala Harris but the footage was clipped in a misleading manner to show her being blank in the video.
Appearing on “CBS Evening News” with anchor and managing editor Norah O’Donnell during the campaign trail in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Harris was asked about her response to Trump’s proposal that she should take a cognitive test. See the CBS interview here:
Our reporting from the trail with Vice President Harris on @CBSMornings ⬇️ https://t.co/u2giR1DVdv
— Norah O’Donnell 🇺🇸 (@NorahODonnell) October 28, 2024
Two seconds the interviewer asks her, at 2:57 timestamp, Harris replies that she’d be happy to take a cognitive test and suggests politely that Donald Trump should as well, given how erratic he has been. But the Trump portion was removed in the footage being shared by the Trmp War Room.
While responding to Trump’s claims about her IQ, said she would take a cognitive test — and “would challenge him to take the same one.” She further said, “This is what he has resorted to, and I think he actually is increasingly unstable and unhinged and has resorted to name calling because he actually has no plan for the American people,” Harris said in the interview with “CBS Evening News”, which was aired on Sunday, Oct 27, 2024.
Hence, the claim is false.
Claim: Kamala Harris was staring blank at interviewer when asked about Trump’s challenge to take cognitive test.
Conclusion: Misleading. Kamala Harris did reply wisely but the video was clipped out to show her blank stare.
Rating: Misleading — 
