A sheriff in California was incensed to learn that he was featured in a political ad for Democrat Kamala Harris’ presidential bid.
The campaign feature touts Harris — California’s former attorney general — as once being a tough border state prosecutor. Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux claims that’s false advertising.
“In light of a recent political ad put out by Kamala Harris featuring Sheriff Boudreaux, as well as other local law enforcement, the sheriff wants to make it abundantly clear that his image is being used without his permission, and he does NOT endorse Harris for president or any other political office,” Boudreaux said in a statement to Fox News.
Boudreaux — currently president of the California State Sheriffs’ Association — described a visit Harris made to the Central Valley in 2013 while holding the office of attorney general.
“In the ad, Harris claims to have spent decades fighting violent crime as a ‘border state prosecutor.’”
“The facts are that ‘then California attorney general Kamala’ came to the Valley in 2014 touting a years-long investigation into a multi-national drug operation, with ties to Mexican drug cartels and prison gangs,” Boudreaux explained.
“The truth is, Harris never cared about the cartels and did nothing to stop people from illegally crossing the border,” Boudreaux said, adding that he was “disgusted” because she took “credit for all this work that the locals did.”
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Boudreaux’s political action committee, Golden State Justice, also issued a statement to the outlet about the campaign ad, calling Harris out for repeatedly defunding and shuttering task forces that were designed to “stop criminals from flooding our state with guns and drugs across the border.”
The statement continued: “Kamala’s sad attempt to paint herself as tough on the border by implying my support — and the support of neighbouring law enforcement leaders — is pathetic.”
Harris’ ad claims she will “hire thousands more border agents and crack down on fentanyl and human trafficking.”
Boudreaux scoffed: “When you see that advertisement, if you do a little research, you’ll find that what (Harris is) touting goes completely against what was happening at the time, so when she put that picture out there with me in it, I got really upset, that ad is all smoke and mirrors.”
He added: “I do not support her.”
The ad comes as Time magazine published a cover story, featuring Harris — that didn’t even include an interview with the Democrat’s presidential candidate.
The article, written by Charlotte Alter, looks at how the presidential hopeful has “pulled off the swiftest vibe shift in modern political history,” and that she was previously “underestimated” but now has the opportunity to “showcase her talents.”
However, many slammed the publication for only featuring quotes from allies like Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and gun control activist David Hogg.
“Elections come down to vibes, and Kamala has got the vibes right now,” Hogg said.
Journalist Glenn Greenwald likened the article as “propaganda,” countering on X, “The way the US corporate media transformed Kamala Harris from a national embarrassment to a transformative pioneer overnight — without even pretending to care about anything that she thinks or believes — is a powerful testament to how potent the science of propaganda is.”