A California sheriff blasted Vice President Kamala Harris for using his image in a presidential campaign ad where she portrays herself as tough on crime and the border.
Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux, who appears in the background of a recent Harris ad, ripped into Harris on Monday for using his image without his permission. He told Fox News that he does not support Harris’ candidacy for president, saying she never cared about securing the border when she was California’s attorney general.
“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,” a statement issued by the sheriff reads.
Boudreaux’s image appears in the ad in a video from when Harris made a stop in the Central Valley more than ten years ago. The ad says that Harris “took on drug cartels” and “jailed gang members for smuggling weapons and drugs across the border.”
“As a matter of fact, I would like to point out the misleading information projected in that same political ad,” Boudreaux said. “The truth is, Harris never cared about the cartels and did nothing to stop people from illegally crossing the border.”
Sheriff Boudreaux, a 37-year-veteran of the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office and the former president of the California State Sheriffs’ Association, said that Harris attempted to take credit for the work of local law enforcement.
“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.”
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He said the ad was “all smoke and mirrors” and that its description of Harris as a tough “border state prosecutor” contradicted the facts.
Golden State Justice, a political action committee supporting Boudreaux, said in a statement to Fox that Harris “undercut” law enforcement trying to stop gun and drug trafficking over the border.
“She repeatedly defunded and shuttered task forces designed to protect our residents, leaving the Valley and our state vulnerable,” the PAC said. “Kamala’s sad attempt to paint herself as tough on the border by implying my support – and the support of neighboring law enforcement leaders – is pathetic.”
