Prior to
the first Presidential debate, a baseless conspiracy theory inundated many
Americans. The Trump campaign, Fox News, and a slew of Trump-supporting
Facebook pages all fueled speculation that Democratic presidential candidate
Joe Biden might wear a secret earpiece to assist him in his debate against
President Trump.
"I
thought Biden had somebody in his ear," said one Trump supporter the
morning after the first presidential debate. Her belief was shored up, she
said, by video she had viewed of Biden supposedly adjusting a wire during the
debate.
In fact,
the video does not show Biden wearing a wire; it shows a crease briefly forming
on Biden's shirt after he reached into his coat to itch his shoulder. But when
false evidence emerged to support the baseless earpiece claim, it took off like
wildfire.
CNN's Donie
O'Sullivan traveled to a Trump rally in Duluth, Minnesota, and asked some of
the president's supporters what they thought about the debunked video.
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