A post shared on X claims that the Atlantic published an article that called for Vice President Kamala Harris to steal the election.

The Atlantic quickly changes it’s headline after saying Kamala “may need to steal an election”https://t.co/JoBG86Fegs pic.twitter.com/zEblPqR5e0

— The Peoples Audit – Kris Jurski (@thepeoplesaudit) October 15, 2024

Verdict: False

The article’s headline was not changed. The original article’s headline remains the same, and the Atlantic never published an article calling for Harris to steal the election.

Fact Check:

Social media users are sharing a screenshot of an alleged Atlantic article titled, “To Save Democracy Harris May Need To Steal An Election.”

“The Atlantic quickly changes it’s headline after saying Kamala ‘may need to steal an election,’” one user wrote. (RELATED: Have 21 Million People Been Let Into The U.S. Under The Biden-Harris Administration?)

This claim is false. Check Your Fact reviewed the Atlantic’s website and did not find any such piece. A wider internet search also did not yield any results.

Anna Bross, a spokesperson for the Atlantic, confirmed to Check Your Fact in an email that the claim was false and that “no such article has ever been published by the Atlantic.”

“The fake headline distorts an Atlantic article that was published on October 6, 2021, which ran under the headline ‘Kamala Harris Might Have to Stop the Steal,’” Bross said.

The post claims that the Atlantic changed the headline, but this claim lacks evidence. Check Your Fact reviewed archived screenshots of the article in question and found that it was titled, “What If Kamala Harris Has to Stop the Steal?” on Oct. 6, 2021, the original publishing date.

Bross also pointed Check Your Fact to a statement released on the Atlantic’s website, where it further denied that any such article had been published. The statement also stated that “fabricated Atlantic headlines have been circulating on social with increasing frequency.”

“Many of these images are crudely faked, with grainy resolution, and some of them use hateful language. They misinform and manipulate people who encounter them. Many of these posts have been shared widely by individuals with large followings, including elected officials,” the statement reads.