Chair Jordan demands answers from dozens of major companies tied to shadowy ‘collusive’ ad group
One of the most powerful committees in Congress has sent a letter to dozens of major corporations in the United States demanding answers on their involvement in an advertising alliance that Republicans say is potentially trying to silence conservative voices in media and news. “The Committee on the Judiciary is conducting oversight into the adequacy and enforcement of U.S. antitrust laws,” the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee wrote in a letter to Adidas, one of more than 40 companies it reached out to in total, seeking answers about collusion concerns. “Through its oversight, the Committee has learned that collusive activity is occurring within the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), of which your company is a member. In particular, the Committee has uncovered evidence of coordinated action by GARM and its member companies, including boycotts of disfavored social media platforms, podcasts, and news outlets.” Along with Adidas, the letter was sent to a variety of other companies, including American Express, Bayer, BP, Carhartt, Chanel, CVS and General Motors, asking them to preserve documents related to their involvement with GARM. SEVEN FEDERAL AGENCIES HAVE PUSHED TECH GIANTS TO CENSOR AMERICANS, MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER SAYS GARM describes itself on its website as a “cross-industry initiative established in 2019 by the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) to help the industry address the challenge of illegal or harmful content on digital media platforms and its monetization via advertising.” The website adds that GARM is “apolitical” and “voluntary.” Republicans aren’t so sure and suggest in their letters to the major corporations that GARM “has deviated far from its original intent, and has collectively used its immense market power to demonetize voices and viewpoints the group disagrees with.” WALL STREET JOURNAL KNOCKS SUPREME COURT FOR GIVING BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ‘LICENSE FOR SOCIAL MEDIA CENSORSHIP’ The committee previously released an extensive report outlining how it believes “large corporations, advertising agencies, and industry associations participated in boycotts and other coordinated action to demonetize platforms, podcasts, news outlets, and other content deemed disfavored by GARM and its members.” The committee wrote, “For an organization reliant on speech and persuasion in advertising, GARM appears to have anti-democratic views of fundamental American freedoms. In discussing his views on freedom of speech, GARM’s leader and co-founder, Rob Rakowitz, has expressed frustration with an ‘extreme global interpretation of the US Constitution’ and complained about using “‘principles for governance’ and applying them as literal law from 230 years ago (made by white men exclusively).” With this worldview, GARM pushed what it called ‘uncommon collaboration’ to “rise above individual commercial interest.” The report claims that GARM facilitated advertising crackdowns on Elon Musk, Joe Rogan, Spotify, political candidates and news outlets, including Fox News, The Daily Wire and Breitbart News. Musk has gone as far as to suggest taking legal action against GARM while referring to it as an “advertising boycott racket.” Fox News Digital reached out to GARM for comment but did not immediately receive a response. In a statement to the New York Post, a World Federation of Advertisers spokesperson called the Republican charges “unfounded.” “GARM is not involved in operational steps relative to monetization eligibility, content ratings, platform assessments or media investment decisions,” the statement said.
WATCH: Biden referred to Kamala Harris as ‘president’ at least 5 times throughout his presidency
President Biden referred to Vice President Harris as “president” at least five times throughout his term, according to a new Fox News Digital analysis. Harris, who was propped up as the likely Democratic nominee after Biden dropped out of the 2024 race, recently appeared to mix up her own title while delivering a eulogy for late Democrat Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, on Thursday. “It was Sheila Jackson Lee whose bill made Juneteenth a federal holiday. Which, as a United States senator, I was proud to co-sponsor. And then as president – as vice president …“ Harris said, quickly correcting herself, adding “with the president, with the president.” Before withdrawing his candidacy, Biden had made the same slip of the tongue on several occasions over the years. NANCY PELOSI SUGGESTS ADDING BIDEN TO MOUNT RUSHMORE: ‘SUCH A CONSEQUENTIAL PRESIDENT’ In March 2021, Biden referred to his counterpart as the “president” while speaking about the COVID-19 vaccine. “Now, when President Harris and I took a virtual tour of a vaccination center in Arizona not long ago, one of the nurses on that, on that tour injecting people, giving vaccinations, said that each shot was like administering a dose of hope,” Biden said. While delivering a speech at South Carolina State University later in 2021, Biden said that “President Harris is a proud Howard alum.” Biden made a similar gaffe while speaking in Georgia. “Last week, President Harris and I stood in the United States Capitol to observe one of those before-and-after moments in American history: the January 6 insurrection on the citadel of our democracy,” the president said in January 2022. HARRIS IS ‘BIDEN’S CO-PILOT’ ON ‘BIDENOMICS’ POLICIES THAT PROMPTED WOEFUL JOBS NUMBERS: TRUMP CAMP Later in October 2022, Biden wished Harris “happy birthday to a great president” during an event at the White House. Biden later used the same term to describe the vice president while delivering remarks on immigration. “President Harris led this effort — led this effort to make things better in the countries from which they are leaving,” Biden said at the White House in March 2023. Harris is expected to be nominated as the official Democrat nominee at the party’s upcoming national convention in August. Efforts to reach the White House for comment were unsuccessful at press time.
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‘Never Trumpers’ coalesce behind Dem ticket in Republicans for Harris campaign
Former anti-Trump Republicans, or “Never Trumpers,” are now supporting Vice President Kamala Harris, who is aiming to reposition herself as a moderate while moving away from her past progressive positions. The campaign, originally known as Republicans for Biden, officially relaunched as Republicans for Harris on Sunday with several former lawmakers on board, including former Trump White House officials Stephanie Grisham and Olivia Troye. While the Trump campaign has focused on highlighting Harris’ progressive background during her tenure as the California attorney general, Harris’ campaign is now shifting gears to frame her more moderately while distancing itself from positions she once championed, all while painting former President Trump as “extreme.” When reached for comment, a Trump campaign spokesperson said Trump “is building the largest, most diverse political movement in history because his winning message of putting America first again resonates with Americans of all backgrounds.” “Kamala Harris is weak, failed and dangerously liberal, and a vote for her is a vote for higher taxes and inflation, open borders and more war,” the Trump campaign told Fox News Digital. THE MEDIA’S SUDDEN REJECTION OF KAMALA HARRIS’ ‘BORDER CZAR’ LABEL In a campaign press release, national director of Republican outreach, Austin Weatherford, described Trump as “toxic” to “Republicans who no longer believe the party of Donald Trump represents their values and will vote against him again in November.” “Donald Trump said he doesn’t want these voters, but Vice President Harris and our campaign are working overtime to earn the support of my fellow Republicans who care about defending democracy and restoring decency — all of which would be torn away in a second Trump presidency,” Weatherford said. Other figures ditching the Republican campaigning for Harris’ include former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld — who previously challenged Trump in the 2020 primary, former Reps. Adam Kinzinger, Jim Greenwood, Claudine Schneider, Tom Coleman Denver Riggleman and Joe Walsh, another previous Trump challenger. “Serving as his chief spokesperson and one of the longest-serving members of his team, I saw firsthand the lengths Trump was willing to go to stay in power as he did on January 6th, and the lies he so easily told Americans for the length of the Administration. I might not agree with Vice President Kamala Harris on everything, but I know that she will fight for our freedom, protect our democracy, and represent America with honor and dignity on the world stage,” Grisham, Trump’s former White House press secretary, said in a statement. HARRIS’ SHIFT FROM TOUGH-ON-CRIME PROSECUTOR TO SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATE FACES SCRUTINY FROM CONSERVATIVE GROUP “I was a proud Republican, but Donald Trump is unfit to lead our nation,” Whitman also said in a statement. Former GOP Washington state chair and state Sen. Chris Vance, Reed Howard of Young Republicans for Harris, and former RNC delegate Rina Shah are also among Harris’ supporters. To garner attention during her primary run for president in 2019, Harris catered to the liberal wing of the Democratic Party. She discontinued that campaign in December that year, and just months later, in the summer of 2020, aligned more with the new radical ideals pushed by Democrats following George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis and the Black Lives Matter anti-police protests and riots that rocked the U.S. afterward. In resurfaced clips that began airing in ads by Republican David McCormick’s campaign for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, Harris is seen on camera opposing fracking, stating she would “think about” abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), describing hiring more police officers as “wrongheaded thinking” and weighing the proposal of permitting felons to vote. Harris is also seen saying she was in favor of a “mandatory buyback program” for guns and said private health insurance should be eliminated, according to a summary of the ads’ content by the New York Times. ABORTION, ‘FREE’ EDUCATION AMONG TOP ISSUES FOR HARRIS VOTERS On fracking, which is particularly important to the economy in Pennsylvania, a key battleground state during the 2024 race, the Harris campaign reversed course on Friday. An official with Harris’ re-election campaign told The Hill that she will not seek to ban fracking if she is elected president. That contrasts with what Harris told CNN while campaigning for the 2020 presidential nomination. “There’s no question I’m in favor of banning fracking,” Harris said at the time. A Harris campaign official told the Times that Harris staffers plan to paint Republicans who drudge up Harris’ past statements espousing left-wing ideas as exaggerated claims or lies about Harris’ record. The campaign also plans to paint Harris as a candidate with deep ties to law enforcement by highlighting her record as a local prosecutor and state attorney general in California, according to the newspaper. Harris is facing one of the most crucial weeks in her two-week presidential campaign thus far, as she is expected to pick her running mate by Tuesday. Harris and her VP nominee will then travel across several battleground states to court voters as the latest national and key battleground state polls are now showing a margin-of-error race between Harris — who replaced Biden on the 2024 ticket after increasing internal pressure in the Democratic Party — and the former president. Fox News Digital’s Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.
Scathing report reveals Biden-Harris admin has released dozens of migrants on terror watchlist into US
EXCLUSIVE: Nearly 100 illegal immigrants on the terror watch list have been released into the United States during the Biden administration, while Border Patrol agents have encountered migrants on the watch list from dozens of different countries, a new House report is revealing. “Under the Biden-Harris Administration, of the more than 250 illegal aliens on the terrorist watchlist who were encountered by Border Patrol at the southwest border between fiscal years 2021 and 2023, DHS has released into American communities at least 99, with at least 34 others in DHS custody but not yet removed from the United States,” the report by Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee, a copy of which was first obtained by Fox News Digital, says. The staff interim report also found that immigration judges granted bond to at least 27 migrants on the watchlist who entered illegally, and that Border Patrol has encountered tens of thousands of migrants from countries that could present national security risks – including 2,134 Afghan nationals, 33,347 Chinese nationals, 541 Iranian nationals, 520 Syrian nationals, and 3,104 Uzbek nationals. BIDEN DHS REVEALS 50 MIGRANTS STILL AT LARGE AS ISIS-AFFILIATED SMUGGLING NETWORK BRINGS HUNDREDS TO US “That does not include the untold numbers of potential terrorists that evaded Border Patrol to enter the United States as part of nearly 2 million ‘gotaways’ since the beginning of the Biden-Harris Administration,” the report says. The report, citing information provided to committee staff in June, also found that Border Patrol had encountered migrants on the terror watchlist from 36 different countries — including places with active terror presences. Those countries include Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Tajikistan and Yemen. AUTHORITIES NAB 8 SUSPECTED TERRORISTS WITH TIES TO ISIS IN MULTI-CITY STING OPERATION The Terrorist Screening Dataset (TSDS) contains sensitive information on terrorist identities. It initially contained only known or suspected terrorists (KSTs) but now also includes additional individuals who represent a “potential threat to the United States, including known affiliates of watchlisted individuals.” The concern about potential terrorists has grown amid the ongoing crisis at the southern border, where record numbers of migrants have been encountered since the Biden administration took office in 2021. The number of encounters on the watchlist has grown significantly as well, with the committee report finding a more than 3,000% increase of encounters. The Biden administration has accused Republicans of not providing enough funding and reforms to a “broken” system, while Republicans have put the crisis down to the rolling back of Trump-era policies by the Democratic administration. But officials have warned about the risk that terrorists may seek to enter in through the southern border. That was on display when DHS identified over 400 individuals brought to the U.S. from Eastern European and Central Asian countries by an ISIS-affiliated smuggling network in the past several months. ICE SOUNDS ALARM ON WHAT MIGRANTS ARE FAILING TO BRING TO BORDER AS FEARS MOUNT AFTER ISIS ARRESTS That came after eight Tajikistan nationals with ties to ISIS were busted by federal authorities in New York City, Los Angeles and Philadelphia. All eight came in via the southern border illegally, but no derogatory information was flagged during processing, sources told Fox. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF THE BORDER SECURITY CRISIS The Judiciary Committee report revealed that of those eight Tajikistan nationals, three were released after using the CBP One phone application to schedule an appointment and four were encountered by Border Patrol. “Although American communities already feel the disastrous effects of the Biden-Harris Administration’s immigration policies, the worst could still be yet to come,” the staff interim report alleges. “With national security experts and immigration officials increasingly concerned about the threat of terrorism originating from the border, it is clear that policymakers must take all necessary steps to secure the border and stop the flow of illegal aliens. However, the Biden-Harris Administration has refused to address the national security nightmare created by its radical, open-borders agenda,” it said. Fox News Digital reached out to DHS Fox News’ Bill Melugin contributed to this report.
‘Shut it down’: Biden migrant flight program under intense pressure to disband after fraud revelations
The freezing of a controversial Biden parole program, which allows tens of thousands of migrants to travel into the U.S. each month, due to new revelations about fraud on the sponsor side is already building pressure on the program – with conservatives calling for it to be scrapped altogether. The Department of Homeland Security has temporarily paused the issuing of advance travel authorizations for the program – which allows up to 30,000 nationals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela (CHNV) to travel into the U.S. each month and enter legally under the administration’s use of parole if they meet certain conditions, Fox News Digital first reported on Friday. “Shut it down permanently,” Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said on Friday. “This program should have never existed in the first place. It’s just another way the Biden-Harris administration has welcomed hundreds of thousands of aliens into our country, unchecked.” DHS DOCS REVEAL WHERE PAROLED MIGRANTS UNDER CONTROVERSIAL BIDEN FLIGHT PROGRAM ARE LANDING “More evidence of another failed Biden-Harris border policy. The only thing surprising is that they’re admitting it,” Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., said on X. “Shut down the illegal CHNV parole program permanently and deport every single illegal alien, especially those the Biden/Harris regime has let in through this scheme,” Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., said on X. A congressional source had told Fox News Digital the pause came in mid-July after an internal report unearthed large amounts of fraud in applications for those sponsoring the applicants. DHS said the pause was occurring as it reviewed sponsor applications. The focus is on issues with supporter filings, and not with the filings from the beneficiaries of the program themselves. “DHS has review mechanisms in place to detect and prevent fraud and abuse in our immigration processes. DHS takes any abuse of its processes very seriously,” a DHS spokesperson said. “Where fraud is identified, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will investigate and litigate applicable cases in immigration court and make criminal referrals to the Department of Justice.” “Out of an abundance of caution, DHS has temporarily paused the issuance of advanced travel authorizations for new beneficiaries while it undertakes a review of supporter applications. DHS will restart application processing as quickly as possible, with appropriate safeguards,” they said. The program allows those eligible to enter legally if they have a supporter in the U.S. and passed biographic and biometric vetting. While it doesn’t provide flights and migrants arrange their own travel, it allows them to have work permits and live in the U.S. for two years. It was rolled out in early 2023. BIDEN ADMIN FREEZES CONTROVERSIAL MIGRANT FLIGHT PROGRAM AFTER FRAUD REVELATIONS The pause came after an internal report found that forms from those applying to be supporters for the program included information like Social Security numbers and ZIP codes being used hundreds of times. Parts of the report shared with Fox News Digital by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), a conservative immigration group, showed that 100,948 forms were filled out by 3,218 serial sponsors – those whose number appears on 20 or more forms. House Homeland Security Committee Chair Mark Green, R-Tenn., said the report “vindicates every warning we have ever issued about the unlawful CHNV mass-parole program.” “It also exposes the lie by administration officials, like now-impeached DHS Secretary Mayorkas, about the quality and extent of the vetting process – not just for the inadmissible aliens seeking entry, but those attempting to sponsor them,” Green continued. “We issued a subpoena last year to compel documents regarding this program, and while DHS partially complied, the department remains delinquent in producing certain documents and communications relating to the program.” “This is exactly what happens when you create an unlawful mass-parole program in order to spare your administration the political embarrassment and bad optics of overrun borders. The Biden-Harris administration should terminate the CHNV program immediately.” Conservatives have long alleged that the program abuses parole authority – which allows for foreign nationals to be let in for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit on a case-by-case basis. A coalition of Republican states filed a lawsuit against the program, but it was struck down by a district judge earlier this year. CLICK HERE FOR MORE IMMIGRATION COVERAGE Gene Hamilton, vice president and general counsel of America First Legal, which led the lawsuit, said the program “is not just a flagrant violation of the immigration laws established by Congress, but it is a recipe for fraud upon the American people and the American government.” “The Biden administration knew the risks associated with the fraud in this program, but it did it anyway,” Hamilton said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “Nearly half a million illegal aliens are in the U.S. already via this program. The Biden-Harris open borders agenda has no limiting principle, and this program needs to be shut down permanently.” DHS stressed to Fox News Digital that CHNV beneficiaries are “thoroughly screened and vetted prior to their arrival to the United States.” “The multi-layered screening and vetting for advanced travel authorizations is separate from the screening of U.S.-based supporters,” the spokesperson continued. “DHS has not identified issues of concern relating to the screening and vetting of beneficiaries.” The White House, in a statement, said that “any report of abuse of lawful processes is concerning and should be investigated thoroughly.” “The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to holding accountable individuals who commit fraud,” they added. Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich contributed to this report.
Vulnerable Dem senator ripped for voting in ‘complete lockstep’ with ‘friend’ Harris: ‘Radical views’
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ rise after President Biden dropped out of the 2024 race shifts the focus in the Ohio Senate race to a comparison between her record and the record of one of the most vulnerable incumbents in a key swing state. Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, who appeared to distance himself from Harris when recently pressed on whether he would campaign with her, has been criticized by his GOP opponent Bernie Moreno for his record of voting with the Biden-Harris administration nearly 100% of the time over the last 3.5 years, which shows the two are in “lockstep,” according to the Moreno campaign. “Sherrod Brown and Kamala Harris conspired to pass the most liberal agenda in American history. Brown is in complete lockstep with Harris in her radical views and will help usher in the Green New Deal, Medicare for illegals, and tax hikes on the middle class,” Reagan McCarthy, the Moreno campaign’s communications director, said in a statement to Fox News Digital. Brown, who endorsed Harris for president the day after Biden dropped out, served with Harris in the Senate from 2017 to 2021, where the two worked together and complemented each other often as they seemingly developed a close professional relationship. VULNERABLE DEM SENATOR HIT WITH IMMIGRATION AD TYING HIS POLICIES TO HIS ‘NEW FRIEND’ KAMALA HARRIS Brown voted with Harris 84% of the time on average between the two sessions of Congress they served together as Harris was rated the most “liberal” member of the Senate by GovTrack before that rating was scrubbed from its website following Harris’ entry into the 2024 race. While working together over those four years, Brown and Harris co-sponsored almost 500 bills and resolutions. Some of those bills included the Justice in Policing Act of 2020, which limited legal protections for police officers; Senate Bill 2233, which would have nullified an executive order that directs federal agencies to share citizenship information with the Department of Commerce; and the No Ban Act, which would have imposed restrictions on the president’s authority to stop certain immigrants from entering the United States; legislation to set up a committee exploring reparation payments for black Americans, and legislation to ban oil operations on more than 1.5 million acres of federal land. The two senators also worked together cosponsoring the SECURE Act which would have granted permanent residency to certain illegal immigrants. ‘HUGE PROBLEM’: VULNERABLE DEM SENATOR RIPPED AFTER INTERVIEW RESURFACES TOUTING SIMILARITY WITH BIDEN “San Francisco socialist Kamala Harris was the most liberal member of the Senate and Sherrod Brown was right by her side on everything from mass amnesty to reparations to eliminating private health insurance,” National Republican Senatorial Committee spokesman Philip Letsou told Fox News Digital. “Brown was happy to campaign with Harris in 2018 and even wanted to be her vice president, so it is surprising that he is now refusing to commit to campaigning with her at the top of the ticket.” Harris has called Brown her “friend” on multiple occasions and adopted his often used phrase “dignity of work” as a motto when she ran for president in 2019, which Brown thanked her for using on social media. MCCONNELL-ALIGNED GROUP SHREDS SEN BROWN’S ‘HANDOUTS FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS’ IN OHIO SPOT “And if I didn’t already love Kamala Harris, I did after that discussion, just that what we were talking about dignity of work and Dr. King always said all labor has dignity, no job is menial if it pays an adequate wage and that’s so much of what she’s fought for in her career and what has so mattered to her and so mattered to the people whom she serves,” Brown said about VP Harris after a 2021 roundtable. “So, Sen. Harris, excuse me, Vice President Harris, good to see you.” The two have been friendly with each other on the campaign trail over the years, including during the 2018 election cycle when Brown took $10,000 from Harris’ Fearless for the People leadership PAC. “Couldn’t be more grateful to have @KamalaHarris’ support this fall, as we fight to make this a country where everyone – no matter your background – has a fair shot to get ahead,” Brown posted online. Harris was in attendance for an October canvass kickoff and rally for Brown during his 2018 campaign, which Brown thanked her for on social media. “My friend and colleague @SherrodBrown is one of the most fearless fighters I know,” Harris posted in 2019. “I know he’ll continue to stand up for the workers of Ohio and the country in the Senate.” Despite the deep ties between the records of Harris and Brown, some experts believe that her entrance into the race provides a better path for Brown to win re-election in Ohio, a state that Trump comfortably won by eight points in 2020. “Having Harris take over is a huge benefit to the Sherrod Brown campaign,” University of Akron political science professor Dave Cohen told Spectrum News 1. “He really needs to drive his base out to the polls. And, frankly, Democrats were not enthusiastic about, Biden as the nominee. Kamala Harris, you know, there’s this newfound enthusiasm,” Cohen said. “I firmly believe that Sherrod Brown is going to campaign together with Kamala Harris.” In a statement to Fox News Digital, Brown campaign spokesperson Eliza Green did not say whether Brown would campaign for Harris but said, “Sherrod works for Ohio, which is why he’s stood up to his own party to block bad trade deals and worked with Republicans to make sure Border Patrol agents and law enforcement officers have the resources they need.” “Bernie Moreno is trying to distract Ohioans from his record, shredding evidence he was legally required to keep, to get out of paying his employees and opposing the strongest border security bill in decades.” The campaign also pointed to instances of Brown bucking the policies of the Biden administration, including opposing the Green New Deal, “Medicare-for-all,” working to fix energy regulations, supporting tariffs
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Kamala Harris’ legal, political career kicked off with failed bar exam
Vice President Kamala Harris is placing her experience as a “top cop” front and center as she looks to “prosecute” her GOP opponent and press her case for why she should win the presidency in November – but the legal career she’s leaning on is “devoid” of achievement, critics say, and she owes much of her success to networking. Her nearly three-decade rise up the ranks has included numerous bumps along the way – including failing her bar exam on the first try in 1989. Civil rights attorney Leo Terrell, who passed the California bar the same year on his first try, described Harris as a “political opportunist” who was in “the right position, the right place” at the right time. By making calculated moves, she was able to leap from district attorney to attorney general to senator to vice president – and perhaps beyond. “Networking,” Terrell said, is what catapulted Harris’ career. “Let’s face it, she got to her position not on academic achievement. She got to her position as San Francisco district attorney, California attorney general, U.S. senator and vice president, because of networking.” THE MEDIA’S SUDDEN REJECTION OF KAMALA HARRIS’ ‘BORDER CZAR’ LABEL Terrell added that the guidance of former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, who has openly discussed his extramarital relationship with Harris during the 1990s, also aided Harris’ political rise. “She has no outstanding achievement as a lawyer, as a trial lawyer, her record is devoid,” Terrell said. “… From my perspective, listening to her speak, listening to her approach to matters of public concerns… I don’t think she’s an academic heavyweight. I just don’t see what’s propelling her to this current political status. It’s pure networking and politics and being in the right place, at the right time.” Harris has leaned on her experience as the Golden State’s “top cop” after announcing her candidacy for president in the aftermath of President Biden dropping out of the race. “As a tough prosecutor, Kamala Harris dealt with men like Trump all the time: Rapists, con men, frauds, criminals – she’s used to guys like Trump, used to putting them in their place,” a narrator for a pro-Harris ad released this week states. Following Biden’s exit from the race, Democrats have begun to push the narrative that the election is now pitting a “Prosecutor vs. the Felon,” referring to former President Trump, who was found guilty in a New York criminal case earlier this year. “The contrast in this race could not be clearer – a prosecutor versus a convicted felon. A champion for American’s fundamental freedoms versus a man who has tried to rip them away at every turn. Let’s get to work,” Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., wrote on X. OBAMA’S INNER CIRCLE SIGNALS 44TH PRESIDENT FIRMLY BEHIND HARRIS DESPITE NOT SAYING SO PUBLICLY “November 5: the Prosecutor vs. the Felon,” Rep. Daniel Goldman, D-N.Y., also chimed in. Harris, who will turn 60 in October, spent 27 years in the legal world, which kicked off with her failing the bar exam. Harris’ failure made national news in 2020, when she was running on the Biden ticket for the White House while simultaneously juggling her Senate duties, most notably serving on the Senate Judiciary Committee. In that capacity, Harris questioned Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, who was selected by Trump to fill the seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “Republicans are scrambling to confirm this nominee as fast as possible because they need one more Trump judge on the bench before Nov. 10 to win and strike down the entire Affordable Care Act,” said Harris during the nomination hearing. “This is not hyperbole. This is not a hypothetical.” Harris’ questions and exchanges with Coney Barrett were not nearly as fiery as her demeanor during previous hearings, including the battle surrounding Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination in 2018. As the 2020 election cycle loomed over the hearings, social media commenters pointed out that the then-vice presidential nominee had failed her bar exam, while Coney Barrett finished first in her class while attending Notre Dame Law School. “Kamala Harris failed the bar 1st time. Amy Coney Barrett 1st in her class,” one social media post at the time read. “I rest.” The social media comments spurred outlets such as USA Today to publish fact checks that revealed Harris did in fact fail the bar exam on her first try, while Coney Barrett graduated top of her class. While the New York Times reported in a 2016 profile on Harris that she failed the exam, and had recently consoled a young law student who also failed the test, telling her: “It’s not a measure of your capacity.” NEW YORK TIMES SPINS KAMALA HARRIS’ PAST WORD SALADS AS ‘CELEBRATORY ARTIFACTS’ WITH CANDIDACY UNDERWAY Harris ultimately passed one year later, with the bar admitting her in 1990, Fox News Digital found on the California Bar’s website. DEMS HYPE HARRIS AS TRUMP ‘PROSECUTOR’ IN ELECTION, BUT CRITICS SLAM HER LEGAL CAREER Harris attended historically Black college Howard University as an undergraduate, and earned her law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, which Terrell noted is an excellent law school – making it “kind of odd” for a student to fail the bar exam on their first try. After passing the bar, she launched her career in the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office as a deputy DA in 1990. In the late 1990s, she moved over to the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office as assistant DA, then to the San Francisco city attorney’s office, before running in 2004 to become San Francisco’s top cop. She was elected as San Francisco DA and served in the role for about seven years, in that time building a friendship with then-Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and rubbing elbows with fellow Californian, Rep. Nancy Pelosi. HOW DOES KAMALA HARRIS POLL AGAINST DONALD TRUMP? Her meteoric rise in politics only grew from there, clinching the California attorney general position in 2011, when Gov.