Trump falsely claims Harris crowd was faked

The Republican presidential candidate wrongly said AI was used on a photo showing thousands at a Harris rally in Detroit, BBC Verify reports.

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The picture in question shows a large crowd at the Democratic presidential nominee's rally in Detroit.

Mr Trump, the Republican taking on the vice-president in November's election, said on his Truth Social platform that it was a fake and there was “nobody” there waiting for her.

However, in multiple other images and videos, some taken by people present but also by TV news teams and agency photographers, you can see a large crowd of people at the event.

BBC presenter Sumi Somaskanda took the picture below at the rally and says: “People were literally packed in and the crowd stretched out onto the airfield.”

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2lmm2wwlyo

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