The Cincinnati Bengals threw cold water on the rumors that quarterback Joe Burrow was one of the “white dudes” supporting Vice President Kamala Harris in a fundraising call.
Social media users began circulating messages that Burrow and other NFL players had appeared in the “White Dudes for Harris” Zoom call but the Bengals released a statement refuting the claims. Burrow has not endorsed either Harris, who is the likely Democrat nominee after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race, or former President Donald Trump though he was seen speaking with him and San Francisco 49ers star Nick Bosa at UFC 299 in March.
NEW: The Bengals release statement after Kamala supporters started sharing fake reports that QB Joe Burrow was on the White Dudes for Harris call.
X account ‘Kamala’s Wins,’ known for frequently sharing misinformation, was one of the accounts that made the false claim.
“The… pic.twitter.com/qWMY4ybxDl
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 30, 2024
The team confirmed to WLWT on Tuesday that despite being a “white dude,” Burrow was not on the Harris call which did include celebrities like Mark Hamill, Josh Gad, and Jeff Bridges. Rumors that New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones and Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff were also on the fundraising call turned out to be false as well though the social media posts garnered millions of views.
The Cincinnati Bengals have confirmed that Quarterback Joe Burrow was NOT on the ‘White Dudes For Harris’ call last night
Just another lie from @harris_wins pic.twitter.com/OPyoPhJVVG
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) July 30, 2024
Many posts, including one from X account, “Kamala’s Wins,” were later taken down but not before millions of users saw, commented, and shared the claim about Burrow.
“The claim about Burrow in particular had been propelled by a Harris supporter account called Kamala’s Wins, which has more than 500,000 followers. The account received more than 3.5 million views on a post-Monday night claiming the Bengals star is supporting Harris and was on the call,” CNN reported.
Social media users reacted to the debunked claims on X:
It’s funny people are saying “Joe Burrow endorsed Harris! He joined the White Dudes for Harris zoom!”, but yet in a year where technology is so amazing, now one took a screenshot or had proof that he was “there”?
Sounds made up to me.
— Dakota Moyer (@DakotaMoyer02) July 30, 2024
Joe Burrow loves Trump. pic.twitter.com/UcLPKFGbxE
— Lucky (@TheMagaHulk) July 30, 2024
It’s all they have
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) July 30, 2024
It just feels like we have an extra job of verifying every sentence the Democrats put out
— Lenka Houskova White (@white_lenka) July 30, 2024
Why lie about something so easily disproven?
— Joshua Walker (@RedsRepair95) July 30, 2024
Embarrassing fail
— Bob Smith (@BobSmit44293139) July 31, 2024
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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