California sheriffs and district attorneys are outraged after Border Patrol chief Kamala Harris reportedly used their photos in a campaign ad without first seeking permission or providing notice.
On August 9, Harris announced that she had secured enough delegate support to win the Democratic nomination for president in 2024 without having to run in a state primary. Election Advertising He boasts about his record as California’s attorney general and vice president.
“We’re not hard to find or hard to contact. It’s simple professional courtesy that alerts us that it will be used.”
The ad touts Harris’ tough stance on crime, particularly drug cartels and illegal immigration, and includes a photo montage of Harris standing alongside other law enforcement officials, including Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreau and District Attorney Tim Ward.
Both Boudreau and Ward slammed the ad and their brief appearance in it.
“In light of Kamala Harris’ recent political advertisements featuring Sheriff Boudreau and local law enforcement, the Sheriff wants to clarify that his image has been used without his permission and that he has not endorsed Ms. Harris for President or any other political office,” the sheriff said in a statement.
Ward expressed similar frustration that his photo was used without his permission: “As Sheriff Boudreau said, I was not happy with the use of the photo. [Harris] “That won’t change during her candidacy, her current candidacy or her tenure as California attorney general,” Ward said.
“We’re not people that are hard to find or hard to contact. Simply as a professional courtesy, they should have warned us that it was going to be used. And I think it’s within our rights to make the records clear.”
Tulare County officials also argued that the ad “misleadingly” portrayed Harris’ time as California’s attorney general.
“The ad claims that Harris has decades of experience fighting violent crime as a ‘border state prosecutor,'” Boudreau said.
“The truth is, Harris doesn’t care about drug cartels at all and has done nothing to stop people from crossing the border illegally.”
Ward added that Harris oversaw “three of the worst tragedies to befall the people of California,” but would not elaborate on the circumstances of those “tragedies.” Fox News That information was not included in the report.
“The hypocrisy knows no bounds,” Ward argued.
Finally, Boudreau seems particularly upset by what he sees as Harris’s elitist and entitled attitude, recalling that during a brief visit to his district more than a decade ago, Harris had ignored arresting officers and other officials in order to improve her own reputation.
“We were in the dressing room, she came in and didn’t say hello to any of us. She came out front, did the press conference and literally walked out and didn’t say hello to any of us,” he alleged. “She didn’t shake hands, she didn’t say hello, and she took all the credit for all the work that the locals did.”
The Harris campaign did not respond to a request for comment. New York Post Regarding statements from the sheriff and district attorney.
The accusations of mishandling of these images come as the Harris campaign is still fending off accusations that vice presidential candidate Gov. Tim Walz repeatedly misrepresented his experience serving in the Minnesota Army National Guard, an act often referred to as defamation.
video Waltz can be seen stating on multiple occasions that he retired at the rank of master sergeant when in fact he did so because he failed to complete the training and courses required to be discharged as a master sergeant. The video also shows that he bragged about carrying a weapon “in war” when he never actually served in a combat zone.
Former military colleagues accuse Waltz of deserting the National Guard early after learning he would be deployed to Iraq. Waltz left the military in May 2005 during his first congressional campaign. Former Battalion He received mobilization orders in August of the same year.
The unit then deployed to Iraq in March 2006 and spent 22 months there. Waltz’s four fellow guards Died.
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