(NewsNation) — A new campaign ad touting Vice President Kamala Harris‘ border security credentials has potentially misleading claims about her record.
The ad, which aims to bolster Harris’ image on immigration issues, depicts her as a tough prosecutor who took on drug cartels and cross-border smuggling.
However, our NewsNation fact-check reveals several exaggerations and mischaracterizations.
While the ad portrays Harris as a “border state prosecutor,” her role as California’s Attorney General from 2011 to 2017 primarily involved state-level criminal justice matters. The ad’s implication that she was directly involved in border cartel cases appears to stretch the truth.
Claims about Harris jailing gang members for cross-border smuggling also seem inflated. While she did prosecute gang members, these cases mostly involved local drug offenses rather than international smuggling operations.
