{"id":2335508,"date":"2024-09-02T08:18:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T12:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-tough-on-crime-schtick-is-a-sham\/"},"modified":"2024-09-02T08:24:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T12:24:49","slug":"kamala-harris-tough-on-crime-schtick-is-a-sham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-tough-on-crime-schtick-is-a-sham\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris&#8217; &#8216;Tough On Crime&#8217; Schtick Is A Sham"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkamala-harris-tough-on-crime-schtick-is-a-sham%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2335508&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The passage \u2063critiques Kamala Harris&#8217;s \u2063tenure as a prosecutor in California,\u2064 arguing that\u2063 her campaign portrayals \u200das a tough-on-crime figure are misleading. The author, who served \u200cas the district attorney \u200dof Riverside County,\u200d describes Harris as\u2063 a failed prosecutor whose actions align more with progressive\u200c political agendas than with traditional nonpartisan\u200d legal principles.\u200d They point out numerous criticisms of her record, including her refusal to pursue death penalty \u200bcases, ethical violations, \u200dand alleged neglect \u2064of victims\u2019 rights,\u200b particularly in cases involving sexual abuse\u200b by clergy. <\/p>\n<p>The author \u2062argues \u200cthat Harris has demonstrated\u200d more concern for criminals than for the safety of the public, citing her support for policies like open borders, defunding the police, and bail \u2062reform \u2063that they claim\u200d have exacerbated\u2062 crime rates. \u200cThey \u2064specifically reference \u200cProposition 47, which they claim created a &#8220;prison-to-homelessness \u2062pipeline,&#8221; \u200dleading to increased theft and drug abuse in California. Additionally, they criticize her response\u200d to the riots following George\u200b Floyd\u2019s death, emphasizing\u2064 her support for rioters rather than\u200c law enforcement. the criticism portrays Harris as an ineffective and ideologically driven prosecutor who has\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grand-theft-auto-23-attorneys-general-tell-automakers-to-make-cars-harder-to-steal-as-thefts-spike\/\" title=\"Grand theft auto: 23 attorneys general tell automakers to make cars harder to steal as thefts spike\">undermined public safety<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s 2024 sham campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i2F9qGxTKcU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ads<\/a> tout her as a &ldquo;tough on crime&rdquo; 20-year prosecutor in an attempt to hide her true colors. <\/p>\n<p>I served for 24 years as the elected Riverside County district attorney (the fourth-largest DA&rsquo;s office in California), with bipartisan support.&nbsp;Viewed from within the profession, Harris was a failed prosecutor, both as San Francisco DA and California attorney general.&nbsp;Harris&rsquo; record, social media posts, and own words reveal her as a far-left <em>politician<\/em> &mdash; not a fair-minded and tough, nonpartisan prosecutor. Her actions reveal more sympathy for criminals than for crime victims and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newt-gingrich-red-state-justice-reforms-offer-a-sane-alternative-to-defund-the-police-madness\/\" title=\"Newt Gingrich: Red State Justice Reforms Offer A Sane Alternative to Defund the Police Madness\">law-abiding members<\/a> of the public.<\/p>\n<p>District attorneys should be nonpartisan, professional prosecutors seeking justice with integrity and ethics as their cornerstone. Their job is to protect public safety by enforcing the law and prosecuting criminals.&nbsp;To the contrary, as a &ldquo;progressive&rdquo; prosecutor, Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/04\/08\/politics\/kamala-harris-death-penalty-decisions\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">refused to file a death-penalty case<\/a> against a gang member who gunned down a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-saw-him-as-a-toy-glenn-greenwald-details-the-media-mythology-surrounding-brian-sicknicks-death\/\" title=\"\u2018They Saw Him As A Toy\u2019: Glenn Greenwald Details The Media Mythology Surrounding Brian Sicknick\u2019s Death\">young police officer<\/a>; had <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/09\/03\/kamala-harris-rampant-prosecutorial-abuses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">numerous<\/a> ethical lapses and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/01\/17\/opinion\/kamala-harris-criminal-justice.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">constitutional violations<\/a>, causing the dismissal of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/kamala-harriss-balancing-act-demands-of-law-enforcement-and-reformers-11560194725?mod=hp_lead_pos7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">over 1,000 criminal drug cases<\/a>; and <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/united-states-presidential-election-general-news-ecc0da5f6ac94b13be11e2a388967a85\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disregarded<\/a> victims&rsquo; requests for help dealing with Catholic clergy sexual abuse cases, failing to prosecute any related cases as DA or AG.<\/p>\n<p>Far from following her oath to uphold the Constitution and to protect public safety, she <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/27\/kamala-harris-wants-amnesty-and-open-borders-not-a-secure-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has advocated<\/a> for open borders, welcoming the inevitable criminal element of such policies into our cities and towns. She also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/26\/politics\/kfile-kamala-harris-praised-defund-the-police-movement-in-june-2020\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">supported<\/a> defunding the police and removing ICE as an enforcement tool. Unbelievably, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/harris-campaign-signals-continued-support-ending-cash-bail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continues<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2024\/07\/26\/kamala-harris-wanted-to-end-cash-bail-reduce-penalties-for-criminals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">promote &ldquo;no cash&rdquo; bail<\/a>, allowing serious and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-dark-money-giant-tides-poured-millions-into-bail-funds-in-2020-that-helped-alleged-violent-criminals-back-onto-the-streets\/\" title=\"Democratic Dark Money Giant Tides Poured Millions Into Bail Funds In 2020 That Helped Alleged Violent Criminals Back Onto The Streets\">violent criminals back<\/a> on the streets to re-offend.<\/p>\n<p>Further, as AG, her <a href=\"https:\/\/vigarchive.sos.ca.gov\/2014\/general\/en\/propositions\/47\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">misleading<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/08\/15\/trump-harris-prop-47-california-00174280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ballot description<\/a> led to the passage of the hoax Proposition 47, ironically called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.ca.gov\/documents\/Prop-47-Information.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act.&rdquo;<\/a>&nbsp;This law created a prison-to-homelessness pipeline that sent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/la-pol-sac-prop-47-grant-awards-20170329-htmlstory.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thousands<\/a> of state prisoners back into local communities.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoover.org\/research\/californians-vote-tougher-crime-bill-despite-attempts-quash-it-states-political-leadership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">theft<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacificresearch.org\/prop-47-a-lethal-public-policy-cocktail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">drug abuse<\/a> throughout California soared, causing significant harm to thousands of victims. The law enforcement community dubbed Prop 47 the &ldquo;get out of jail free card.&rdquo; Ten years later, there is no accountability for the victimization or jobs lost and businesses closed due to Prop 47 crime.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2020 Minneapolis riots after George Floyd&rsquo;s tragic death, rather than denouncing violence and standing up for law and order, Harris supported violent rioters who had been arrested and jailed. On social media, she <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/30\/kamala-harris-backed-fund-bailed-out-a-repeat-felon-three-weeks-later-he-was-charged-with-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">urged<\/a> followers to donate money to a nonprofit group to bail out the rioters, later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/flashback-kamala-harris-nationwide-protests-not-going-to-stop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stating<\/a>, &ldquo;They&rsquo;re not going to let up. And they should not. And we should not.&rdquo; The Minneapolis riots resulted in over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/scottpham\/floyd-protests-number-of-police-arrests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">600 arrests<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/this-team-will-find-who-you-are-unrest-arson-investigators-continue-to-probe-dozens-of-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">160-plus cases of arson<\/a>, including the burning of a police station, two riot-related <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/44xo5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deaths<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/\/Users\/joshuamonnington\/Downloads\/l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$500 million dollars<\/a> of damage to homes and businesses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These are not the actions of a no-nonsense top law enforcement official, but the actions of a radical leftist politician who disregards the safety of the community for political purposes.<\/p>\n<p>True to her leftist form, if elected president, Harris wants to &ldquo;transform&rdquo; and &ldquo;reimagine&rdquo; public safety. As stated in Harris&rsquo; book <em>The Truths We Hold<\/em>, she <a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2019\/01\/09\/kamala-harris-new-book-tries-to-massage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wants<\/a> <em>&ldquo;<\/em>to look out for the overlooked, to speak up for those whose voices aren&rsquo;t being heard, to see and address the causes of crime, not just their consequences.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In plain language, this means she wants to continue on her &ldquo;progressive&rdquo; path and forget about enforcing the laws passed by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tom-cotton-shreds-coca-cola-in-explosive-hearing-for-refusing-to-condemn-communist-china\/\" title=\"WATCH: Tom Cotton Shreds Coca-Cola In Explosive Hearing For Refusing To Condemn Communist China\">democratically elected legislature<\/a>, while ignoring threats to public safety.&nbsp;Voters need only look to San Francisco and Minneapolis to understand how Harris&rsquo; anti-law-and-order policies will impact the country.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Grover Trask was a district attorney in Riverside County, California, for 24 years.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harris&#8217;s 2024 campaign advertisements portray her as a &#8220;tough on crime&#8221; prosecutor with two decades of experience, attempting to mask her actual record. I served as the elected district attorney for Riverside County for 24 years, which is the fourth-largest DA&#8217;s office in California, and I had bipartisan backing. From a professional standpoint, Harris is seen as an unsuccessful prosecutor during her time as San Francisco&#8217;s DA and California&#8217;s attorney general. Her track record, social media activity, and statements indicate that she aligns more with far-left politics than with being a fair-minded and tough nonpartisan prosecutor. Her actions suggest she shows more compassion for criminals than for victims of crime or law-abiding citizens.<\/p>\n<p>District attorneys should operate without political bias, focusing on justice while upholding integrity and ethics. Their primary role is to ensure public safety by enforcing laws and prosecuting offenders. In contrast, Harris has acted as a &#8220;progressive&#8221; prosecutor who declined to pursue the death penalty against a gang member responsible for killing a young police officer; she has faced numerous ethical issues leading to over 1,000 drug case dismissals; and she ignored victims&#8217; pleas regarding Catholic clergy sexual abuse cases without prosecuting any related offenses during her tenure.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of adhering to her constitutional duties aimed at protecting public safety, Harris has supported open borders that invite criminal elements into communities. She also backed efforts to defund the police and eliminate ICE enforcement measures. Shockingly, she continues advocating for &#8220;no cash&#8221; bail policies that allow serious offenders back onto the streets where they can commit further crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, while serving as attorney general (AG), her misleading ballot description contributed to the passage of Proposition 47\u2014dubbed ironically \u201cThe Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act.\u201d This legislation created pathways from prison back into homelessness for thousands of state prisoners returning to local areas. Consequently, thefts and drug-related issues surged across California causing significant distress among countless victims; law enforcement referred to Prop 47 as a \u201cget out of jail free card.\u201d A decade later there remains no accountability for those victimized or businesses affected by crimes linked to this proposition.<\/p>\n<p>During the riots in Minneapolis following George Floyd\u2019s tragic death in 2020\u2014rather than condemning violence\u2014Harris chose instead to support those arrested during these riots by encouraging donations through social media aimed at bailing them out. She stated publicly that they should not relent in their actions nor should we support law enforcement efforts against them despite over 600 arrests occurring alongside extensive property damage totaling $500 million.<\/p>\n<p>These behaviors do not reflect those expected from an effective top law enforcement official but rather showcase someone whose radical leftist agenda prioritizes political motives over community safety concerns.<\/p>\n<p>If elected president, true to form Harris aims \u201cto transform\u201d public safety policies according\u00a0to what she describes in her book The Truths We Hold: wanting \u201cto look out\u00a0for\u00a0the overlooked\u201d while addressing root causes behind crime rather than its effects alone\u2014which essentially means continuing down this progressive path while neglecting existing laws passed democratically\u2014all at potential risk towards public security overall.<br \/>\nVoters need only observe situations like those seen in San Francisco or Minneapolis when considering how Harris\u2019s anti-law-and-order stance could affect our nation moving forward.<br \/>\nGrover Trask served as district attorney in Riverside County California for twenty-four years:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3407,"featured_media":2335509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Copy-of-Untitled-78.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33010,32438,38089],"class_list":["post-2335508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-criminal-justice","tag-kamala-harris","tag-tough-on-crime"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Copy-of-Untitled-78.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3407"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2335508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2335509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2335508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2335508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2335508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}