Donald Trump didn’t play the song ‘Hoochie Mama’ for Kamala Harris during a debate

An Instagram video attempts to rewrite the history of the Sept. 10 presidential debate between President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, concocting an insulting moment directed at Harris with the help of editing tools.

The Instagram account Breaking911, which describes itself as "America’s #1 Alternative News Source," shows Trump and Harris listening to a question from a moderator who sounds like Chris Wallace, a news anchor who recently announced his departure from CNN.

"For the final part of the debate, we asked each of the two candidates to choose a song that best describes the opposing candidate. We will now play the song President Trump picked, that he thinks best describes Vice President Kamala Harris," the Wallace-styled voiceover says in the Instagram post.

The 1995 song "Hoochie Mama" by 2 Live Crew plays as Harris shakes her head incredulously.

This never happened, and the audio was likely generated with artificial intelligence.

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CNN did not moderate the debate between Trump and Harris; ABC News did.

The debate transcript shows the interaction never occurred.

Also, neither video of Harris or Trump in the post is from the Sept. 10 presidential debate. The clip of Trump is from his June 27 CNN debate with President Joe Biden, who dropped out of the presidential race in July. And Harris’ clip is from the July 31, 2019, CNN Democratic presidential primary debate.

We rate the claim that Trump chose a provocative song to describe Harris during a presidential debate Pants on Fire!