Fact Check: No, Harris Never Said Trump's Supporters Would 'Feel the Vengeance of a Nation'

Claim:

In 2020, Kamala Harris said that after Trump's impeachment, his supporters would "feel the vengeance of a nation."

Rating:

Originated as Satire ( About this rating? )

In August 2024, posts on X (formerly Twitter) shared a supposed 2020 quote from U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, in which she proclaimed that following the impeachment efforts against then-President Donald Trump, his followers would "feel the vengeance of a nation."

The full, alleged quote shared in the posts was as follows:

"And once Trump's gone and we have regained our rightful place in the White House, look out if you supported him and endorsed his actions because we'll be coming for you next. You will feel the vengeance of a nation. No stone will be left unturned as we seek you out in this great nation. For it is you that betrayed us."

-Kamala Harris, June 18, 2020

(X user @janninereid1)

However, Kamala Harris never said this — the quote is not real. Snopes investigated the origin of the quote in 2019 , and concluded that it originated from a website that labeled its output as satire, bustatroll.org . The website (now offline) was a part of America's Last Line of Defense, a still-active network of "satirical" news sites and social media pages.

A 2020 fact-check from the Associated Press investigating the quote included a confirmation from Harris' communications director at the time, Chris Harris, that the quote was fake.

— Snopes's archives contributed to this report

Sources:

"Fact Check: Kamala Harris Quote on 'Vengeance of a Nation' Fabricated by Satire Website." Reuters, 25 June 2020. www.reuters.com, https://www.reuters.com/article/world/fact-check-kamala-harris-quote-on-vengeance-of-a-nation-fabricated-by-satire-idUSKBN23W2CQ/ .

"Kamala Harris Did Not Threaten Trump Fans with the 'Vengeance of a Nation.'" AP News, 11 Aug. 2020, https://apnews.com/article/archive-fact-checking-9057271285 .

Staff, Snopes. "Did Kamala Harris Say 'After Trump's Gone, We'll Be Coming for You Next'?" Snopes, 7 Aug. 2019, https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/harris-round-up-trump/ .