Washington
CNN
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A sequence of viral posts on social media this week promoted claims that NFL quarterbacks Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals, Jared Goff of the Detroit Lions and Daniel Jones of the New York Giants had joined a public “White Dudes for Harris” online fundraising call Monday evening in help of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.
Details First: The viral posts are false. A supply related to Burrow, a supply related to Goff and a supply related to Jones advised CNN Tuesday that every of them was not on the decision. The three quarterbacks haven’t publicly endorsed a candidate within the 2024 presidential election.
Posts claiming the quarterbacks had been on the pro-Harris name – or that they “reportedly” or “apparently” had been on the decision – generated thousands and thousands of views on X. The claims additionally made their approach to some sports websites.
The claims had been beforehand debunked Tuesday by publications together with Front Office Sports.
The declare about Burrow particularly had been propelled by a Harris supporter account known as Kamala’s Wins, which has greater than 500,000 followers. The account acquired greater than 3.5 million views on a publish Monday evening claiming the Bengals star is supporting Harris and was on the decision.
Kamala’s Wins deleted the publish Tuesday. The account, which is run anonymously, didn’t instantly reply to a CNN request for remark later within the day.