Question

BREAKING: KAMALA HARRIS SUPPORTERS HAVE STORMED THE CAPITOL, CURRENTLY HOLDING HOUSE AND  SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADERS HOSTAGE

Answer 1

The claim to this information was that Kamala Harris Supporters were storming the capital holding the House and Republic Senate Leaders Hostage which is completely false. The link provided was to a forum similar to X called bsky.com, which provided a picture on people marching in Washington D.C with that headline. The original photo was from Getty images of the "Women's March" which took place during January 21, 2017, the day after Trump was sworn-into office. The exact photo was used in 2 articles one of those was from Buzzfeednews where they talked about the march. and the other was from the DailyMail, which talked about if Trump was elected in 2017 he would use his federal governments to punish critics.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/maryanngeorgantopoulos/womens-march-organizers-calling-on-people-to-boycott?utm_source=dynamic&utm_campaign=bfsharecopy

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12733391/trump-prosecutions-univision-revenge-mexico.html

Comments

I think it was beneficial. How in-depth you described where the photos come from and the false information from the link provided from the claim, as well as talking about the dates and where the exact photo was used

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I think providing two different sources for where the incorrect images came from and giving background on how the images were being used incorrectly (referencing previous marches in the past 10 years) is a helpful way to fact-check. The sources are also helpful so that anyone can fact-check these images on their own to double-check your work.

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This fact-check is useful since it uses reliable sources to determine the location of the photos used in the original claim. Finding the original photographs used out of context and providing news coverage of what happened in these images effectively disproves the claim; excellent work.

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I believe this fact-check is useful as you found the original source of the images. The images were used out of context for this false claim. Finding multiple sources where the image was used is very helpful.

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I think that this is very useful due to you finding the original source and images. those both provided good context for the claims and the coverage from the news.

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I agree with everything you said and think you fact-checked it very well. I do wonder how serious the statement was and if it was satirical. Although satirical or not without the tag to confirm it being a joke it is a dangerous statement. I think it is great that you provided the quotes and evidence that you did though.

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I agree with your rebuttal of the post; it is indeed false. The in-depth research you did to trace back where the photo was pulled from is an important piece to prove your answer.

Answer 2

The claim that Kamala Harris supporters raided the Capitol building following the 2024 election is entirely false and is a work of satire. The statement comes from an unnamed X user, declaring that Harris supporters raided the capitol and are holding republican leaders hostage. A reply to the original tweet includes an image of the alleged riots, but a reverse image search shows that the photo is actually from a 2017 women's march.

Comments

Though doing a reverse image search is a valuable way to debunk that specific source, finding new sources that discuss the issue (or clarifying that you can't find another source that mentions it) would have been a valuable addition to your answer that would have made it seem more credible.

Answer 3

The person is claiming that Kamala Harris supporters stormed the United States Capitol. The person tweeted this claim January 6, 2025, which is exactly 4 years ago when Trump supporters stormed the Capitol. On the tweet, there is a reply with a photo of hundreds outside the Capitol, and the person captioned it asking where the troops, and wondering if the troops had been overrun. After researching, the photo was from a women's march in 2017. There are multiple news articles with the photo about the women's march, and if you zoom in on the photos, there are multiple posters about women's rights. There are no news sources that have claimed that Kamala Harris supporters raided the Capitol.

Answer 4

The statement made above was posted to News Detective by a user named “bluesea”. The User provided a link to the claim and was directed to their page on a website similar to X called bsky. The claim is false, and there is no source to back it up.

I presume the User who posted the claim grabbed a headline from an article similar to, “Four years after mob violence, Kamala Harris hands power – peacefully – to Trump,” The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/06/kamala-harris-trump-certification-january-6), and reworded it for a popular response. The post on bsky gained 115 likes and five reposts, which seems to be a large number for bsky as it is not incredibly popular.

Answer 5

This claim that Kamala Harris Supporters were storming the capitol is false. It is linked to a site similar to X, and the author is not already established. It is a "prominent leftist chaos agent, member of the nonprofit industrial complex, and occasionally a joke account." The post is new, but the pictures are old. They are from the women's march in 2017, and the photos can be seen on BuzzFeed and Getty Images. I think the text is biased, and no other outlets report this.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/olivianiland/national-archives-womens-march-photo-apology-trump

https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/womens-march