(TheRedAlertNews.com) – In a massive new embarrassment for Kamala Harris, the Democrat presidential candidate has been accused of plagiarism after she apparently stole content from President Joe Biden’s campaign website, uploading similar material onto her “issues” page.
This incident occurred seven weeks into her presidential campaign, as noted by Breitbart News.
The policies were published late, just two days before the first and possibly only presidential debate between Harris and GOP nominee Donald Trump that took place Tuesday evening.
The New Republic, a left-leaning publication, reported that parts of Harris’s newly released policy section were directly taken from Biden’s website, including statements that advocated for Biden’s reelection.
The issue came to light when users on X analyzed the metadata from Harris’s website.
One user, Corinne Green, noted that the metadata contained text encouraging voters to reelect Joe Biden, visible when sharing links to the website or during Google searches.
The situation suggested that some sections of the Harris campaign’s policy language were simply copied from Biden’s documents, which was particularly embarrassing for Harris’s campaign.
It was seen as a significant oversight for a campaign that was supposed to inject new energy and direction into the Democratic Party.
Despite removing the reelection language, criticisms lingered regarding the authenticity and novelty of Harris’s campaign platform.
In a follow-up article, The New Republic critiqued Harris’s campaign approach, highlighting a strategic failure.
Despite replacing Biden, the election was tightening, and polls suggested Harris was not effectively communicating her distinct political stance.
Critics, including Nate Cohn from The New York Times, expressed that voters were eager to understand her positions on various issues, which her campaign struggled to articulate.
“This is dangerous territory for Harris, given that the Times poll found that more than 60 percent of voters wanted the next president to represent a “major change” from Biden—and only a quarter felt that Harris represented that change,” The New Republic writes.
“That makes sense, given that she’s his vice president! But it means she should be working overtime to distinguish herself from her boss. Instead, she’s doing precisely the opposite,” it adds.
“Unwilling to break publicly with Biden—to criticize his handling of say, inflation, immigration, or Israel—she has simply positioned herself as a younger version of him. Whether that’s intentional on her part, or the result of her campaign being run largely by the same people who ran Biden’s disastrous reelection bid, is unclear,” the report elaborates.
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