Kamala Harris Faces Plagiarism Allegations Over Her 2009 Book

Kamala Harris’s Smart on Crime is now under fire for some not-so-smart writing moves.

Allegations of plagiarism have surfaced after side-by-side comparisons revealed that parts of her book look very familar.

In fact they seem to be lifted straight from Wikipedia to a Bureau of Justice report.

Conservative activist Christopher Rufo and “plagiarism hunter” Stefan Weber exposed five instances of copy-paste action.

Even her ghostwriter was caught off guard by the findings.

But I’m sure she’s left the ol’ copy & paste tactic behind her, right?

Not like she did that by taking President Donald Trump’s goal of removing taxes on tips.

HAHAHAHAHA she literally plagiarized Wikipedia for her book. What an idiot. https://t.co/QNTYtfhHkV pic.twitter.com/5OmCIOtJoA

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) October 14, 2024

“Stop noticing!” – The New York Times

New York Times basically admits Kamala plagiarized and there were “lapses” in her book but then blames *Conservatives* for noticing and pointing it out. Unbelievable. pic.twitter.com/KS96pv8Iki

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 14, 2024

New York Post reports:

Kamala Harris is facing allegations of plagiarism after numerous passages from the Democratic presidential nominee’s 2009 book “Smart on Crime” were discovered to closely resemble — or perfectly match — wording from other sources.

Harris, then San Francisco’s district attorney, wrote the book promoting a reform-minded approach to prosecuting crimes alongside ghostwriter Joan O’C. Hamilton — who told The Post when contacted Monday that she was surprised to learn about the alleged copying.

Conservative activist Christopher Rufo published the allegations Monday and credited an investigation by Austrian “plagiarism hunter” Stefan Weber — with Rufo posting screenshots on X of five examples in which the wording in the book closely resembles other sources.

In each instance, the purported source material predates Harris’ book publication date.

The five side-by-side passages indicate that Harris may have lifted wording from an Associated Press article from 2008, a Wikipedia article as drafted in 2008, a Bureau of Justice Assistance report from 2000, an Urban Institute report from 2004, and a John Jay College of Criminal Justice press release describing a 2007 award.

In at least two of the instances, the source of the original verbiage is cited in footnotes — however, quotation marks are not around the apparently copied words and in other instances passages appear to be wholly uncredited, such as the Urban Institute report.

I guess she has more in common with Biden than we realized.

Remember back when the media took plagiarism seriously?

Back in 1988, Biden was shown to have plagiarized multiple other politicians – a scandal so devastating that he was forced to drop out of the race.

You won't hear any of today's journalists talking this way about Kamala. pic.twitter.com/ZLpn1B8xI1

— Bill D'Agostino (@Banned_Bill) October 14, 2024