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Following last night\u2019s debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, several users on X<\/a> homed in on the Vice President\u2019s earrings \u2014 speculating that she was using them to get her talking points. Echoing a long history of political conspiracy theories, they claimed she wore the Nova H1 Audio Earrings, which double as wireless earpieces. But anyone who looks closely enough can tell they\u2019re not the same.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Nova H1 Audio earrings were announced<\/a> last year as part of a Kickstarter campaign. They feature real pearls that hide a pair of wireless speakers, which transmit audio up and into your ears. They\u2019re also almost certainly not what Harris was wearing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n To start with, beyond the large pearls on both Harris\u2019 earrings and the Nova H1 Audio Earrings, there are clear visual differences. The Nova H1 Audio Earrings feature a much thicker hoop, while Harris\u2019 earrings very clearly have two thin loops that wrap around her earlobe. Harris appears to be wearing Tiffany South Sea Pearl Earrings, as previously identified<\/a> by the site What Kamala Wore. Susan E. Kelley, the journalist behind the style-tracking blog, confirmed to The Verge<\/em> that Harris has been spotted wearing these same Tiffany earrings for months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Harris campaign declined to comment, and Tiffany didn\u2019t immediately return an email from The Verge<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n For another, it\u2019s not clear if the Nova H1 Audio Earrings ever made it into the hands of backers. Some comments on the Kickstarter campaign from last year call it a \u201cscam\u201d and ask if they\u2019ll ever get their money back. The earrings aren\u2019t for sale on the company\u2019s website, either<\/a>. Icebach Sound Solutions, the company behind them, didn\u2019t respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Despite the obvious differences, conspiracy theorists are leaning into the theory \u2014 and so is Icebach. The company updated its homepage<\/a> with a graphic for the 2024 presidential election and a caption that says a \u201cspecial edition\u201d of the earrings for presidential debates (arguably the only edition, since you can\u2019t order anything else) will soon be \u201cavailable for everyone.\u201d In a now-deleted post on LinkedIn, Icebach Sound Solutions CEO Malte Iversen also reposted a story about the claim, saying \u201cWe can neither confirm nor deny.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n This is far from the first time<\/a> that Republicans and right-wing conspiracy theorists have spread claims about Democrats wearing earpieces. In 2016, Hillary Clinton was accused of wearing a wire during her 2016 presidential debate performance<\/a>. Trump pushed similar claims<\/a> against President Joe Biden in 2020. If Harris were <\/em>wearing earring speakers, she\u2019d have found a slightly more stylish solution \u2014 but, again, there\u2019s absolutely no indication she did.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n