The Harris campaign seems to have overstepped its bounds by including a California sheriff in a border security advertisement. Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux clarified that the campaign did not obtain his consent prior to featuring him in the ad. In a statement to Fox News, the sheriff succinctly expressed, “I do not support her.”
“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.
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The individual with 37 years of experience at the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office stated that Harris traveled to the Central Valley in 2013, which is when the footage used in the advertisement was recorded. At that time, she held the position of California attorney general. Boudreaux challenged any claims suggesting that Harris was stringent regarding border security.
“As a matter of fact, I would like to point out the misleading information projected in that same political ad. 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 said.
“The truth is, Harris never cared about the cartels and did nothing to stop people from illegally crossing the border,” Boudreaux said.
Boudreaux said Harris’ visit was nothing more than “smoke and mirrors.”
“We were in the green room. She never came in and said hello to any of us. She walked up front, gave her presser, literally walked out, never said hi to any of us,” Boudreaux said. “I’m disgusted because, you know, she didn’t shake hands. She didn’t say hello. And she’s taken credit for all this work that the locals did.”
