Before she was Joe Biden’s understudy the last four years, Kamala Harris ran offices as a California prosecutor and senator. Often, scandal and failings followed in her wake.
As California Attorney General, Harris was widely criticized for failing to take on prosecutorial misconduct. In fact her office was “called out” by judges for “defending convictions obtained by local prosecutors” who had inserted false confessions, lied under oath, and withheld evidence. A federal appeals judge even admonished officials in 2015 to talk to Harris “and make sure she understands the gravity of the situation” involving prosecutorial misconduct.
Likewise, Harris’ top deputy was accused of sexually harassing a staffer while working for Harris at the California Department of Justice, costing the state $400,000 to settle the case.
Now, as vice president, not only has Harris’ office been plagued by staff issues, but the vice president is scrutinized for her role as “Border Czar” leading the Biden administration’s efforts to solve the border crisis. Early in their term, Biden designated Harris to address the migration challenges at the border after he initially rolled back several of his predecessor’s initiatives.
Harris came under fire after she failed to visit the border for months after she was given the assignment. By the time she finally showed up in El Paso, untold tens of thousands had illegally crossed into the United States, many of them violent criminals and gang members.
“Serving as our nation’s Border Czar, VP Harris has overseen the worst, unmitigated border security crisis in our lifetime. The data is irrefutable,” Mark Morgan, former Commissioner of Customs Border Protection under Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, told Just the News.
“She fully supported the dismantling of the network of tools, authorities, and polices we had in place under the Trump Administration that had led to the most secure border in our lifetime and has repeatedly lied to the American people regarding the government’s loss of operational control of our own borders,” Morgan continued.
“Under her reign, more Americans have died from fentanyl pouring across the border; more potential national security threats and criminals have attempted to exploit our open order policies; and more illegal aliens have been encountered during her tenure, than any other time in our nation’s history. Her performance has negatively impacted every aspect of our country’s safety and national security and can only be described as – complete failure,” he added.
In fact, NewsNation reported Monday that Harris failed to speak with the new Border Patrol Chief after he assumed the office last year. Earlier in the year, former Chief Raul Ruiz said he also never heard from Biden or Harris during his tenure. “I’ve never had one conversation with the president or the vice president for that matter. I was chief of the Border Patrol. I commanded 21,000 people. That’s a problem,” Ortiz said on 60 Minutes.
At the beginning of the Biden-Harris administration, Harris famously visited Central America and called on immigrants not to make the journey to the United States. “At the same time, I want to be clear to folks in this region who are thinking about making that dangerous trek to the United States-Mexico border: Do not come. Do not come,” Harris said at the time.
However, little progress was made following the visit. Indeed, the opposite happened—millions of illegals immigrants continued to enter the United States throughout the last three and a half years . The Federal Reserve estimates that 3.8 million new illegal aliens could enter the country in 2024 alone, if current crossing rates continue.
The Kamala Harris campaign did not respond to a request for comment from Just the News.
“You know, with Kamala Harris, you know, what has she done as borders are? What has she done? Nothing. And I think the her record speaks for itself,” Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., told the John Solomon Reports podcast on Monday.
Harris’ prior public service in California reveals a pattern of scandal and failures that will come to the forefront if Harris replaces President Joe Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket. Biden announced his decision to drop out of the race over the weekend and endorsed Harris to replace him on social media platform X.
