Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) appeared to revel in plagiarism allegations against Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday, attacking Vance over what Harris' running mate wrote in her memoir. Considering what happened, maybe so. hillbilly elegy.
“Hello, I'm J.D. Vance. Unlike Kamala Harris, who copied her book from Wikipedia, I wrote my own book,” he posted on X.
Vance is report It was written by conservative journalist Christopher Rufo and shows that Harris lifted several passages from his 2009 book. smart about crime From unattributed sources including Wikipedia. of new york times Mr Harris admitted that he had indeed copied the text, but insisted the plagiarism was “not serious”.
Indeed, the authorship issue is so serious that it has caused the Harris campaign to launch a misleading attack on Vance over the contents of his memoir, which was a bestseller and was made into a Hollywood movie.
“Now, look, [Vance] “He wrote his memoirs at the ripe old age of 31, and while claiming to be an expert on Central America, he continued to denigrate and denigrate the very community in which he grew up,” Walz said. said In August, he used an offensive line at Nebraska that became part of his stump speech. But Walz did not “denigrate” his community. His memoir is a deeply personal story of overcoming hardship and family instability.
Since Waltz made Vance's book the subject of her campaign, Harris' own book is certainly fair game. And as Vance pointed out, at least he wrote his own work.
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