The Trump marketing campaign slammed reviews that Vice President Kamala Harris’ marketing campaign instructed Arab American leaders in Detroit that if she’s elected on Nov. 5, she would possible title left-wing Minnesota Lawyer Basic Keith Ellison because the U.S.’ high cop.
“Keith Ellison would be a natural fit in a Kamala Harris administration. Both are radical liberals who support ending cash bail and releasing violent criminals into American neighborhoods. The good news for the American people is that it’s never going to happen, because President Trump is going to win on November 5,” Trump marketing campaign nationwide press secretary Karoline Leavitt instructed Fox Information Digital.
Over the weekend, reviews surfaced that the Harris marketing campaign allegedly instructed Arab American group leaders in Detroit that Ellison is on Harris’ quick checklist of potential attorneys normal. Ellison has since denied the report.
“Arab American leaders in Detroit have been told by the Kamala campaign that @keithellison is on the short list to be Attorney General if she should win,” former performing director of Nationwide Intelligence below the Trump administration, Richard Grenell, posted to X on Saturday.
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Minnesota Lawyer Basic Keith Ellison arrives to talk on stage in the course of the third day of the Democratic Nationwide Conference on the United Middle on August 21, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. (Photograph by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Photos) (Getty Photos)
The Harris marketing campaign directed Fox Digital to a submit on Ellison’s X account denying the report when approached for remark.
“This is a lie designed to trigger the Muslim-haters,” Ellison posted in response to Grenell’s social media submit.
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Ellison presently serves as Minnesota’s legal professional normal, a left-wing Democrat who served as a U.S. congressman representing the Gopher State between 2007 and 2019. Ellison was elected as the primary Muslim to Congress in U.S. historical past.
Ellison has lengthy come below fireplace from conservatives, together with final 12 months when he in contrast Supreme Courtroom Justice Clarence Thomas to the slave character in Quentin Tarantino’s 2012 movie “Django Unchained,” pinning blame for skyrocketing auto theft on automotive producers, his dealing with of spiraling crime within the state throughout and after the 2020 George Floyd riots, and accusing the Republican Social gathering throughout his DNC speech final month of pondering “they’re above the law.”
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“No one is above the law, and no one is beneath it. In the Republican Party, everyone thinks they’re above the law. Hell, nearly a dozen of their own lawyers are facing serious charges. Even their lawyers need lawyers,” Ellison mentioned in the course of the DNC, when Harris formally accepted her nomination after President Biden dropped out of the presidential race amid mounting concern over his psychological acuity.
Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is embraced by U.S. President Joe Biden throughout a marketing campaign occasion at IBEW Native Union #5 on September 2, 2024, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. President Joe Biden joined Vice President Harris for her second Labor Day occasion, for the primary time on the marketing campaign path since he departed the Democratic ticket, and Harris was confirmed because the Democratic Social gathering’s nominee for the 2024 presidential election towards the Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump. The occasion was attended by members of the IBEW, United Steelworkers, AFSCME, and different unions. (Photograph by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Photos) (Getty Photos)
Social media critics and conservatives sounded off this weekend over the report that the Harris marketing campaign is contemplating Ellison as a high contender for U.S. AG.
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The media has speculated that Harris’ legal professional normal shortlist possible contains present deputy legal professional normal Lisa Monaco, former U.S. affiliate Lawyer Basic Vanita Gupta, and Obama-era deputy Lawyer Basic Sally Yates. Conservative political commentator and journalist Julie Kelly mentioned final month the Harris marketing campaign might additionally faucet Jan. 6 legal professional Matthew Graves as AG, if Harris have been to win. Graves serves because the U.S. Lawyer for the District of Columbia and is the chief prosecutor of Trump supporters who breached the U.S. Capitol in 2021.
Minnesota Lawyer Basic Keith Ellison arrives to talk on stage in the course of the third day of the Democratic Nationwide Conference on the United Middle on August 21, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. (Photograph by Justin Sullivan/Getty Photos) (Getty Photos)
The report that Ellison is on Harris’ AG quick checklist comes as Harris faces backlash from each Muslim and Jewish voters over her stance on the continuing warfare in Israel, which has continued since Oct. 7.
First generally known as the “Abandon Biden” marketing campaign, Muslim American voters in Michigan revamped their mission final month to rally assist towards the Harris ticket. The Abandon Biden marketing campaign first surfaced earlier this 12 months within the closely Muslim populated metropolis of Dearborn, as voters denouced Biden for his continued assist of Israel.
“This action is a direct response to Kamala Harris’ support for the ongoing genocide in Gaza,” the Abandon Harris marketing campaign mentioned within the launch.
Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a marketing campaign rally on the Enmarket Area August 29, 2024, in Savannah, Georgia. Harris has campaigned in southeast Georgia for the previous two days. (Win McNamee/Getty Photos)
Concurrently, former President Donald Trump is courting the Jewish vote, predicting that he might win 50% of the demographic. A ballot final month discovered Trump main Harris amongst Jewish voters in sometimes liberal New York.
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Ellison’s workplace didn’t reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for extra touch upon Sunday.
Fox Information Digital’s Michael Lee contributed to this report.
