The video first appeared to start circulating thanks to a member of the Dilley Meme Team, former President Donald Trump’s army of online shitposters.
One of the first posts online came from a member of the Meme Team, who took the video and slapped his watermark on it, leading to speculation they were potentially behind the initial effort.
Kamala Hit and Run Scandal:
— Barron Trump HQ (@Barron_HQ) September 3, 2024
In June 2011, Kamala Harris hit two pedestrians in San Francisco and fled the scene.
One victim, Alisha Brown, later revealed Harris's team threatened her mother to keep quiet.
Alisha suffered severe injuries, leaving her paralyzed for life. pic.twitter.com/Yz1rtnwjOE
The video quickly blew up among conservatives on X, who questioned whether Harris was intoxicated at the time of the alleged crime.
Harris, in recent weeks, has faced an unfounded right-wing smear campaign centered around alcohol, accusations that have never been corroborated.
Many swiftly noticed that the media outlet alleged to have produced the interview, KBSF-TV, wasn’t real. Analysis of the outlet reveals that its domain was registered just two weeks ago on Aug. 20, according to GoDaddy. The site has since been taken down.
An image used in the video of a car with a cracked windshield can be traced using a reverse image search to a legitimate news story about a 2018 car crash in Guam.
That happened in Guam in 2018. Simple reverse image search. pic.twitter.com/KdJQokv2xY
— DCarpenter70 (@dcarpenter70) September 4, 2024