Posted on 10/14/2024 12:07:16 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Did Vice President Kamala Harris plagiarize significant portions of her book, "Smart on Crime"? According to journalist Christopher Rufo, who has receipts, she did. Worse, it includes a copy and paste from Wikipedia.
The investigation was conducted by Dr. Stefan Weber, a famed Austrian "plagiarism hunter" who has taken down politicians in the German-speaking world. We independently confirmed multiple violations, which are comparable in severity to the plagiarism found in former Harvard president Claudine Gay's doctoral thesis.
pic.twitter.com/P9DTpZS4kV— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) October 14, 2024
In another section of the book, Harris, without proper attribution, reproduced extensive sections from a John Jay College of Criminal Justice press release. She and her co-author passed off the language as their own, copying multiple paragraphs virtually verbatim. Here is the excerpt, with abbreviations, such as percentages and state names, treated as verbatim substitutions:
pic.twitter.com/9FpsxQE8Sz— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) October 14, 2024
Harris also copied language from a Bureau of Justice Assistance report report, which was linked in the the Wikipedia entry. Here is the passage in Harris's book, with duplicated material in the other column:
pic.twitter.com/aU7CbP0ODm— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) October 14, 2024
Finally, when attempting to write a description of a nonprofit group, Harris simply lifted promotional language from an Urban Institute report, and failed to cite her source:
pic.twitter.com/WpcC0SkpT5— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) October 14, 2024
The Harris-Walz campaign hasn't commented on the plagiarism allegations yet, but Senator JD Vance is already weighing in.
Hi, I'm JD Vance. I wrote my own book, unlike Kamala Harris, who copied hers from Wikipedia. https://t.co/tkZvK8LrI3— JD Vance (@JDVance) October 14, 2024
This is blowing up on Twitter right now.
The only this that can save Cackles now is abortion, excuse me, reproductive healthcare.
It’s only a scandal to the people who aren’t voting for her.
She didn’t plaigarize anything. Her staff did it for her. She could not do research like that.
The only people who will consciously vote for Commie-La are TDS-metastasized, abortion-murdering traitors to the United States.
Biden had to end a run for the same reason. Of course, people in general were somewhat more honorable back then...
Seriously doubt Harris could write a book. Blame her ghostwriter.
In an age of AI writing essays for you, Plagiarism doesn’t seem to be a big deal anymore….
Kamala: The only fear i have, is fear itself.
Kamala: This is all about nothing. And nothing ain’t worth nothing, but it’s free.
kamala: Joe Biden taught me everything he knows.
Outrageous. I have always hated plagiarizers and also consider them below the 70-IQ mark.
Outrageous. I have always hated plagiarizers and also consider them below the 70-IQ mark.
I find so many errors in almost everything I see written by an AI, I can’t help but think that a professor will notice AI in a paper on his or her specialty, too.
The ghost writer did it.
But that’s beside the point.
She is manufactured from the Obama Cartel machine through and through.
Timmy likes little boys, now this.
The next three weeks will be double-secret probation level damage control.
Kamala Harris and “Smart” in her book title?
Reminds me of a Robert Ludlum interview.
In the Marine Corps he was once considered for the intelligence division but it didn’t pan out.
“I think they decided ‘Ludlum’ and ‘Intelligence’, those two don’t go together.
She signed off on it, but for sure, the ghostwriter will be run under the bus.
She didn’t plaigarize anything. Her staff did it for her. She could not do research like that.
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Very likely true.
You’ll know the scandal is bad when she throws staffers under the bus, because she wont want to resort to that, as it would be an admission that she didn’t do the work herself.
How would one know? She’s always throwing staff under the bus.
Harris figures this is no big deal. After all Joe Biden was a documented plagiarist and he remained in office. Democrats have no shame.
Not true at all. Or she wouldn’t keep dropping with each new nugget.
A lot of old people leftover from an old democratic party and a lot of lazy middle class folks who only hear the headlines still vote dem.
This will make a difference...if even only a half a percent.
In this electoin, that could be a lot
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