No, Kamala Harris did not insult Barron Trump’s 17-year-old friend on X

Former President Donald Trump’s 18 year-old-son, Barron Trump, and his friend, 17-year-old Bo Loudon, have been reportedly helping the former president with his social media strategy. 

But Vice President Kamala Harris did not demand Loudon’s banning from social media for wearing a "Biden Loves Minors" shirt, as social media users have claimed. 

An Instagram user posted a screenshot purportedly from Harris’s X account, with an image of Loudon wearing a T-shirt mocking President Joe Biden while standing with Donald Trump Jr., Trump’s older son. 

"Wow. Barron Trump’s ignant 17 year old MAGA Republican friend @BoLoudon is disgusting," text on the alleged post reads, using shorthand for "ignorant." "He wears a "Biden Loves Minors" shirt that mocks BLM – pure racism! I want him banned. Do NOT follow him!"

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stated on October 27, 2024 in Social media posts

Photo shows people lined up outside Madison Square Garden before an Oct. 27 rally by former President Donald Trump.

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The photo of Loudon and Trump Jr. was first posted on Loudon’s Instagram account in 2022, but it doesn’t appear on either of Harris’s official X accounts. There have also been no media reports of Harris reposting the picture. 

Harris has not deleted any posts on her X account in the past 30 days, data collected by Social Blade, a social media analytics website, showed. 

A Harris spokesperson declined to comment on whether the post was authentic, but a Harris spokesperson told USA Today that Harris did not repost the image of Loudon. 

We rate the claim that Harris posted about banning Barron Trump’s friend from X because he wore a "Biden Loves Minors" shirt False.