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Former President Donald Trump used opening statements in his Friday rally in Las Vegas to further a debunked claim pushed by right-wing figures accusing Vice President Kamala Harris of using audio earrings to cheat in their debate, which was generally seen as a victory for Harris.

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Trump claimed he was victorious in the debate during the start of Friday’s rally, saying Harris “offered American voters nothing but falsehoods” before claiming she used an earpiece that fed her advice in the debate—an unfounded claim pushed heavily after the debate by Trump allies.

Trump said he “heard [Harris] had something in the ear, a little something in the ear” and claimed she was told how to behave and respond to questions, echoing the claim spread by figures like Trump senior adviser Jason Miller and far-right media personality Laura Loomer, who Trump defended this week over a string of racist comments she recently made.

The false claim is based on slight similarities between the Tiffany earrings Harris wore to the debate and the Nova H1 Audio Earrings, both of which feature pearls.

On closer inspection, it seems clear Harris was wearing the Tiffany earrings, which have been worn by Harris on several prior occasions, feature a pearl placed in front of a stud and slightly between two gold rods, while the audio earrings sport a singular clip design for ear lobes.

Malte Iversen, managing director of Icebach Sound Solutions, the company behind the audio earrings, told...

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