Kamala’s embarrassing Election Day gaffe as eagle-eyed viewers spot problem with photo-op ‘phone call’

Kamala Harris was caught in an embarrassing Election Day gaffe after flipping her smartphone around to the cameras while claiming to be ‘on the phone with a voter’ – only to reveal she wasn’t on a call at all. 

‘Have you voted already?’ a beaming Harris said into the phone. Then she paused as though listening, before exclaiming: ‘You did, thank you!’

The vice president then turned her phone screen around to adoring supporters at the Democrat party’s Washington, DC headquarters, who applauded and cheered.

But viewers at home were lightning quick to point out that her phone appeared to show she had the camera app open and was not on a phone call. 

‘Kamala just pretended to talk to a voter on the phone but mistakenly showed that her phone was open to the camera app,’ one viewer wrote on X. 

‘LMAO… everything about Kamala is fake and staged.’

‘Have you voted already?’ a beaming Harris said on the phone. She paused as though listening, before exclaiming: ‘You did, thank you!’ 

‘Kamala just pretended to talk to a voter on the phone but mistakenly showed that her phone was open to the camera app,’ one person wrote on X. ‘LMAO Everything about Kamala is FAKE and STAGED’

‘Kamala Harris is so phony… that she got busted making a fake phone call to a “supporter” today. Her campaign is a disaster,’ another person wrote on X. 

Others described the apparently failed stunt as ‘brutal’ and ’embarrassing’ – though some people cast doubt on the ‘fake phone call’ theory. 

‘No. Kamala Harris didn’t “fake a phone call” just because you see a camera app,’ one person commented on X. 

Kamala appeared to have her cell on the camera function and wasn’t on a call to a voter at all

‘Try it, make a call, open camera, hold it to your cheek and remove it. You will see the screen activate/disactivate to prevent your cheek from dialing (like hers). 

‘iPhones only do this while you’re on a call.’

Harris also took several more phone calls on air, telling callers on the line their vote was ‘important’ and they should make an effort to get to the polls today. 

‘I am well,’ Harris could be heard telling one caller on the phone. ‘I just wanted to call you and check in and make sure you know where you can go vote today if you haven’t already.

‘Thank you so very much and thank you for being active in participating in this very, very important process and this foundation of our democracy … We can’t do it without people like you,’ she added. 

Harris told another caller to ‘remind each other and everyone the power of your voice, your vote.’

Some people cast doubt on the ‘fake phone call’ theory

It comes as a final key poll revealed that Harris entered Election Day with a 4-point lead over Trump after slashing the gender gap.

Harris, 60, has the support of 51 percent of likely voters, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll. Trump has support from 47 per cent.

The survey found that Harris’ surge comes after Trump’s lead among male voters significantly declined in the final days leading up to the election.

Trump, 78, previously held a 57 per cent lead amongst male voters, but now only leads 51 per cent to Harris’ 47 per cent. 

However, the Democrat’s lead among women shrunk from 18 to 11 points.