Vice President Kamala Harris remains unclear about whether prostitution should be legal, as she has taken different positions on the issue throughout her career.
Harris endorsed the idea of decriminalizing prostitution during her 2020 failed presidential campaign, during an interview with The Root.
‘I think so, I do,’ she replied when asked during an interview about whether ‘sex work’ should be decriminalized.
‘When you’re talking about consenting adults, I think that, yes, we should really consider that we can’t criminalize consensual behavior as long as no one is being harmed.’
But its an apparent flip-flop of her position on the issue that she held nearly over a decade before.
Then-Senator Kamala Harris endorsed the idea of decriminalizing prostitution during her failed 2020 presidential primary campaign
Harris’ shift on the issue was called out people in San Francisco who recalled her position opposing a ballot initiative in the city to decriminalize prostitution.
‘I think it’s completely ridiculous, just in case there’s any ambiguity about my position,’ she said in 2008 about legalizing prostitution
She warned residents that ‘it would put a welcome mat out for pimps and prostitutes to come on into San Francisco.’
The Harris campaign has not returned a weeks-old request for comment on the issue from DailyMail.com on the issue.
Axios also reported Tuesday that the Harris campaign refused to address it. The New York Post reported last week that the Harris campaign also declined to address the issue.
But Harris was not unsympathetic to prostitutes when she was the District Attorney of San Francisco.
In 2004, Harris refused to prosecute nine women arrested by police officers for prostitution after the police singled out strip clubs in the area for stings after receiving multiple public complaints.
Within minutes, according to reports, undercover police officers were solicited for sex acts by female employees.
‘It just leaves me in amazement,’ vice Capt. Tim Hettrich said at the time, criticizing Harris for ‘almost legalizing prostitution.’
Harris’ refusal to prosecute the women arrested for prostitution earned her a mention from Fox News anchor Bill O’Reilly on his show in 2004.
San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris at a press conference
O’Reilly brought up the story, referring to Harris as a district attorney ‘in the most liberal city in the country’ who refused to enforce the law.
‘Is there an outcry about that kind of anarchy?’ O’Reilly asked his guest, San Francisco columnist Debra Saunders who reported on the story.
Harris argued at the time that she would not prosecute the prostitutes without having the evidence to prosecute their customers.
But O’Reilly warned his viewers that the issue of legalized or decriminalized prostitution would be more of an issue.
‘Now the San Francisco syndrome, as I call it, is spreading to other towns,’ he warned, pointing out that just because certain city officials did not like the laws did not mean that they should be able to pick and choose whether to enforce it.
‘And that, of course, brings anarchy to any community,’ he concluded.
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BREAKING NEWS: Trump faces ‘real and specific’ assassination threats from Iran as former president says country is ‘terrified’ of his return
Donald Trump has come out to claim that Iran has made ‘real and specific threats’ to assassinate him.
The Republican presidential candidate’s campaign made the assertion Tuesday night, in a statement that painted the plans ‘as an effort to destabilize and sow chaos in the United States.’
The bulletin was sent out by Trump Campaign Communications Director Steven Cheung, and claimed the ex-commander-in-chief had already been briefed about the supposed plot.
This comes days after investigators found that Iranian ‘malicious cyber actors’ emailed associates of President Biden’s campaign with information ‘taken from stolen, non-public material from Trump’s campaign’ over the summer.
It also follows two failed assassination attempts on the aspiring two-term president, the most recent of which occurred just this month.
Donald Trump’s campaign claimed Iran has made ‘real and specific threats’ to assassinate him on Tuesday night.
President Trump was briefed earlier today by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence regarding real and specific threats from Iran to assassinate him in an effort to destabilize and sow chaos in the United States,’ Cheung’s bulletin began.
‘Intelligence officials have identified that these continued and coordinated attacks have heightened in the past few months, and law enforcement officials across all agencies are working to ensure [he] is protected and the election is free from interference.
‘Make no mistake, the terror regime in Iran loves the weakness of Kamala Harris, and is terrified of the strength and resolve of President Trump,’ the senior Trump staffer continued.
‘He will let nothing stop him or get in his way to fight for the American people and to Make America Great Again.’
The statement did not offer any detail on the assassination plot, and has yet to be substantiated by the government.
Iran – the home of anti-Israel group Hezbollah- has previously denied all claims of meddling in US affairs.
However, just last week, multiple federal agencies discerned hackers from the country had sent emails containing stolen material from Trump’s campaign to people involved in Biden’s then re-election campaign.
The claims from Trump’s campaign come days after feds found that Iranian ‘malicious cyber actors’ emailed associates of President Biden’s campaign with information ‘taken from stolen, non-public material from Trump’s campaign’ over the summer
Officials painted the breach as being part of a broader effort by Tehran to influence the upcoming election, hence the Trump campaign’s comments Tuesday that Iran ‘is terrified’ by the prospect of another four years of the former president.
‘Iranian malicious cyber actors have continued their efforts since June to send stolen, non-public material associated with former President Trump’s campaign to US media organizations,’ the FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in a statement Wednesday.
‘This malicious cyber activity is the latest example of Iran’s multi-pronged approach … to stoke discord and undermine confidence in our electoral process,’ the agencies added.
The joint statement went on to conceded that there was no information to suggest the recipients replied.
Officials also elected to not provide further details on the nature of the stolen material, as did President Biden.
