Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been spreading false claims that an image that showed thousands of people waiting at Detroit’s airport as Democrat Kamala Harris arrived for a campaign rally was fabricated with the help of artificial intelligence.

Reporters, photographers and video journalists representing the Associated Press and other news organizations who either traveled with Vice President Harris or were on the airport tarmac documented the crowd size last Wednesday as she arrived on Air Force Two. Harris’ campaign posted about Trump’s false claims on social media.

Fifteen thousand people attended the Detroit airport rally, Harris’ campaign said. Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, spoke from inside a hangar where people were packed in. The crowd also spilled out onto the tarmac. The Wayne County Airport Authority, which oversees the airport, referred questions about the size of the crowd to Harris’ campaign.

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Thousands of people have been showing up at her campaign rallies.

By the Harris campaign’s count, 12,000 people turned out for rallies in Philadelphia and Eau Claire, Wis., last week, followed by 15,000 in Glendale, Ariz. In Las Vegas on Saturday, more than 12,000 people were inside a university arena when law enforcement halted admission because people were getting ill waiting outside in the 109-degree heat. About 4,000 people were waiting in line when the doors were closed.

An Associated Press reporter who...

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