{"id":136785,"date":"2021-02-16T07:47:48","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T12:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=136785"},"modified":"2021-02-16T08:27:53","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T13:27:53","slug":"axios-deletes-tweet-fact-checking-kamala-harris-after-harris-faces-backlash-for-wrong-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/axios-deletes-tweet-fact-checking-kamala-harris-after-harris-faces-backlash-for-wrong-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Axios Deletes Tweet Fact-Checking Kamala Harris After Harris Faces Backlash For \u2018Wrong\u2019 Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faxios-deletes-tweet-fact-checking-kamala-harris-after-harris-faces-backlash-for-wrong-claim%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=136785&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Kamala-Harris-2.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Monday, Axios, a left-leaning news organization, deleted a tweet fact-checking a claim made by Vice President Kamala Harris, which fact-checkers rated as \u201cwrong,\u201d after Harris started to face <a href=\"https:\/\/twitchy.com\/gregp-3534\/2021\/02\/14\/fact-checkers-assemble-kamala-harris-used-debunked-vaccine-talking-point-during-axios-interview\/\">backlash<\/a> over her false claims.<\/p>\n<p>The tweet contained a video of a portion of an interview that Harris gave to Axios co-founder Mike Allen, which aired over the weekend. In the video, Harris was asked about the Biden administration\u2019s response to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no stockpile \u2026 of vaccines,\u201d Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/axios-deletes-tweet-fact-checking-harris-claim-that-biden-admin-is-starting-from-scratch-on-vaccine-rollout\">claimed<\/a>. \u201cThere was no national strategy or plan for vaccinations. We were leaving it to the states and local leaders to try and figure it out. And so in many ways, we\u2019re starting from scratch on something that\u2019s been raging for almost an entire year!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In their now-deleted tweet, Axios wrote: \u201c.@VP Harris to @mikeallen: \u2018There was no national strategy or plan for [COVID-19] vaccinations. We\u2019re starting from scratch.\u2019 At a press conference last month, Fauci said \u2018we certainly are not starting from scratch\u2019 on vaccine distribution.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even PolitiFact, which is left-leaning, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/kfz8J\">said<\/a> that Harris\u2019 claim was \u201cwrong,\u201d writing in a tweet: \u201c.@VP told @mikeallen that \u2018there was no national strategy or plan for vaccinations\u2019 and that Biden admin was \u2018starting from scratch.\u2019 That\u2019s wrong. The Trump admin had a plan to distribute to locations chosen by states and let them take it from there.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VP<\/a> told <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikeallen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mikeallen<\/a> that \u201cthere was no national strategy or plan for vaccinations\u201d and that Biden admin was \u201cstarting from scratch.\u201d That\u2019s wrong. The Trump admin had a plan to distribute to locations chosen by states and let them take it from there. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0MoQ8OnpoN\">https:\/\/t.co\/0MoQ8OnpoN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nYb8r5gPKz\">pic.twitter.com\/nYb8r5gPKz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PolitiFact\/status\/1361382266438574082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Political commentator Stephen Miller responded to Axios deleting their tweet by highlighting the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/white-house-suspends-deputy-press-secretary-for-allegedly-sexually-harassing-threatening-reporter\">revelation<\/a> that one of Axios\u2019 reporters was dating a member of the Biden administration, who has since resigned after he threatened to \u201cdestroy\u201d a reporter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAxios deleting this tweet seems suspicious given the revelations that a reporter for them who covers Kamala Harris is head over heels in love with a now former Biden Administration member,\u201d Miller wrote. \u201cSee the problem now guys?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Axios deleting this tweet seems suspicious given the revelations that a reporter for them who covers Kamala Harris is head over heels in love with a now former Biden Administration member. See the problem now guys? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikeallen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mikeallen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U8v28h2kug\">pic.twitter.com\/U8v28h2kug<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redsteeze\/status\/1361384214294269955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Statistician Josh Jordan commented: \u201cWhy would @axios delete the tweet that fact checked Kamala Harris\u2019 (false) claim that they were starting from scratch, only to replace it with one that let\u2019s Harris\u2019 quote go without any fact checking. Seems like Fauci\u2019s comment is quite noteworthy here\u2026 so why get rid of it?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why would <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/axios?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@axios<\/a> delete the tweet that fact checked Kamala Harris&#8217; (false) claim that they were starting from scratch, only to replace it with one that let&#8217;s Harris&#8217; quote go without any fact checking.<\/p>\n<p>Seems like Fauci&#8217;s comment is quite noteworthy here\u2026 so why get rid of it? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n4uXCrLAdt\">https:\/\/t.co\/n4uXCrLAdt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NumbersMuncher\/status\/1361435618597875716?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Daily Caller Editor in Chief Geoffrey Ingersoll wrote: \u201cMike Allen undoubtedly knows Fauci debunked the \u2018from scratch\u2019 line. Genuinely surprised he didn\u2019t push back on Harris here. Roughly 1.5 million vaccines distributed per day without Biden\/Harris having to do anything is not \u2018from scratch.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mike Allen undoubtedly knows Fauci debunked the &#8220;from scratch&#8221; line. Genuinely surprised he didn&#8217;t push back on Harris here.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 1.5 million vaccines distributed per day without Biden\/Harris having to do anything is not &#8220;from scratch.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MRHW7GUR00\">https:\/\/t.co\/MRHW7GUR00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Geoffrey Ingersoll (@GPIngersoll) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GPIngersoll\/status\/1361278061401018369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Axios later reposted the video but removed the additional context that included Fauci\u2019s comments from their new tweet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Trump administration\u2019s approach to distributing the vaccine was to give it to locations chosen by the states and to let them take it from there,\u201d PolitiFact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2021\/jan\/27\/ron-klain\/trump-vaccine-plan-left-logistics-states-it-did-ex\/\">ruled<\/a> on a statement that was similar to the one that Harris made. \u201cThere are many criticisms of this process, including that it took too long to give states money to implement their plans and a lack of communication from the top about how the rollout would work. But that was the plan they drew up. Saying there a plan \u2018does not really exist\u2019 is beyond saying a plan is lacking. We rate [Biden\u2019s chief of staff Ron] Klain\u2019s claim Mostly False.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, Axios, a left-leaning news organization, deleted a tweet fact-checking a claim made by Vice President Kamala Harris, which fact-checkers rated as \u201cwrong,\u201d after Harris started to face backlash &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2181337,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Kamala-Harris-2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Axios Deletes Tweet Fact-Checking Kamala Harris After Harris Faces Backlash For \u2018Wrong\u2019 Claim","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Kamala-Harris-2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Axios Deletes Tweet Fact-Checking Kamala Harris After Harris Faces Backlash For \u2018Wrong\u2019 Claim","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2181337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}