An image circulating on social media claims to show Vice President Kamala Harris’ Communist Party membership card from the Soviet Union, alleging that she joined the party at 16 and paid dues until 1991. However, the image has been digitally fabricated using a card generator and there is no evidence that Harris was ever a member of any Communist Party. The photo of Harris on the card was actually taken when she was a graduating senior at Howard University, not in 1984 as claimed. Additionally, there is no record of such a card being published on the Telegram account of the State Archives of the Russian Federation. The user who shared the post provided no evidence to support the claim when contacted. This misinformation is part of a pattern of false accusations claiming Harris and her Democratic colleagues are communists, perpetuated by former President Donald Trump and his allies. Several similar fake cards with other people’s photos can be found on the website that offers the card-generating template. Overall, the claim that Harris was a member of the Communist Party is false and based on a digitally manipulated image.
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