After Mocking Harris, MAGA Goes Quiet About Teleprompter at Trump Town Hall

High-profile Donald Trump supporters who falsely accused Kamala Harris of using a teleprompter during her Univision town hall last week have made no comment about a teleprompter being used during the former president’s own identical event on Wednesday.

Both Trump and the vice president took part in town halls targeted towards undecided Latino voters roughly one week apart. The events were organized and hosted by Spanish-language network Univision.

During Harris‘ town hall with the broadcaster, the Democratic nominee was criticized by several prominent Trump supporters, including conservative commentator Charlie Kirk and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who claimed without evidence that she was using a teleprompter to answer questions.

“BUSTED!! Kamala was just caught using a teleprompter at her Univision town hall,” Kirk wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “Producers panic and turn off the prompter midway through her answer. Why did Univision allow this?! This is egregious journalistic malpractice.”

Giuliani claimed that Harris had been “caught red-handed”, alleging that Harris had been “reading word-for-word” from the teleprompter.

In a post on X, Juanita Broaddrick, the woman who accused former President Bill Clinton of sexual assault and has since become a Trump supporter, labeled Harris “the biggest Fraud to ever run for office” over the teleprompter claims.

At the time, the event’s moderator, Enrique Acevedo, debunked the allegations and said that the teleprompter was used for his translations.

“The prompter displayed my introduction (in Spanish) and then it switched to a timer,” Acevedo wrote on Twitter/X. “Any claim to the contrary is simply untrue.”

Additionally, Univision News president Daniel Coronell directly addressed the claims in a statement, writing: “The teleprompter that displays a text written in Spanish was a support element for the town hall moderator. I can tell you this with first-hand knowledge because I was in charge of the television program.”

Newsweek reviewed footage from Harris’ town hall which backs up Acevedo and Coronell’s statements. Additionally, the vice president can be seen addressing audience members directly throughout the program, who are not sat in the same eyeline as the teleprompter.

The posts by Kirk, Giuliani and Broaddrick remain on X and the three of them have made no comment as of early Thursday about the identical teleprompter setup at Trump’s town hall.

Newsweek contacted the three of them for comment outside normal working hours.

Like Harris, Trump can be seen facing the audience, who sit above and behind the teleprompter, and addressing them throughout the town hall.

The similarity was noted by pro-Harris campaign group Republicans Against Trump, who responded with a tongue-in-cheek post to a Trump-supporting account that suggested Harris had used a teleprompter.

Others on X also pointed out the teleprompter at Trump’s event. The Bulwark‘s Sam Stein wrote, “Trump had the same teleprompter at his Univision townhall that Harris did,” noting that it wasn’t there for either of them.

TikTok influencer Harry Sisson meanwhile blasted MAGA supporters who spread the misinformation about Harris using a teleprompter: “Complete hypocrites.”

Republicans, including Trump and his vice-presidential pick, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, have often accused Harris of using a teleprompter.

Earlier this month, conservatives were quick to point out a moment at a Michigan rally where the Democratic presidential nominee appeared to repeat herself during an apparent teleprompter glitch.

Trump, meanwhile, has boasted that he does not need teleprompters, despite complaining that his teleprompters were not working during multiple rallies in recent months.

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