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Thursday, Apr. 29, 2021

Is Kamala Harris’ book in ‘welcome bags’ for migrant children in California?

Alexis Tereszcuk, Lead Stories
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There was one copy of the book that appeared in a widely circulated photo, but the vice president's book was not part of welcome bags.

"It was a single book and was not part of a mass donation of that specific title," a Long Beach, California, spokesperson told Lead Stories about the one copy of Vice President Harris' book, "Superheroes Are Everywhere," that was seen in a photograph taken at a shelter for migrant children.

The claim that migrant children were being given copies of Harris' book began in a New York Post front-page headline "Kam On In" with an article on April 23, 2021, and was picked up by other media.

The NY Post subsequently ran an editor's note that said the story "has been updated to note that only one known copy of the book was given to a child."

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