Kamala Harris panned for requiring ID to enter Arizona rally after previously painting voter ID laws as racist | Fox News
By: Danielle Wallace (Fox News)
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Vice President Harris was mocked online for requiring campaign rallygoers to present a government-issued ID upon entry, despite the Democratic presidential nominee opposing voter ID laws.
Ahead of Harris' rally alongside vice presidential running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in Arizona on Friday, her campaign sent out an email advising that only confirmed RSVPs will be admitted.
The email said those on the RSVP list must present a matching government-issued photo ID in order to be admitted to the venue, KTAR reported.
The exact site of the Phoenix-area campaign event, first announced on July 30, was not revealed until Thursday. The email specified the event would take place at Desert Diamond Arena, located 15 miles northwest of downtown Phoenix, with attendees being admitted Friday between 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., according to KTAR. The campaign reportedly said the Arizona Democratic Party would send out "non-transferrable invitations" by email on Thursday afternoon to attend Friday's event.
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Vice President Kamala Harris walks out into a packed rally in Glendale, Arizona, on Friday Aug. 9, 2024.(Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
X users began sharing screenshots of the email and lambasted Harris for perceived hypocrisy.
"Voter ID is racist, but you can't get into a Kamala rally without ID," actor Kevin Sorbo wrote to his 2 million followers.
"So let me get this straight: Requiring ID to vote is racist… But requiring ID to attend a Kamala Harris 'rally' is NOT racist?" Nick Sortor wrote to his more than 448,000 followers.
"You need photo ID to get into an invite-only Kamala Harris event, but not to vote?" another user, Ian Haworth, echoed.
"Kamala Harris requires photo ID to enter a private campaign event. Kamala Harris doesn't want to require photo ID to vote. Kamala Harris doesn't want to require ID before crossing our border. Weird," political commentator Gunther Eagleman also wrote on X.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Harris campaign for comment, but they did not immediately respond.
In 2021, Harris gave her first interview as vice president on the topic of changes to voting laws with Soledad O'Brien on BET.
"I don't think that we should underestimate what that could mean," Harris said about allowing voter ID laws. "Because in some people's mind that means, well, you're going to have to Xerox or photocopy your ID to send it in to prove you are who you are. Well, there are a whole lot of people, especially people who live in rural communities, who don't - there's no Kinko's, there's no Office Max near them. People have to understand that when we're talking about voter ID laws, be clear about who you have in mind and what would be required of them to prove who they are."
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event near Phoenix, Arizona, on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024.(Rebecca Noble/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"Of course, people have to prove who they are. But not in a way that makes it almost impossible for them to prove who they are," Harris added.
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Not long after then-candidate Joe Biden named Kamala Harris his vice-presidential running mate in August 2020, Harris penned an op-ed in The Washington Post on the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the constitutional right to vote.
"That is, unless you were Black. Or Latina. Or Asian. Or Indigenous," Harris wrote. "And when the 19th Amendment was ratified at last, Black women were again left behind: Poll taxes, literacy tests and other Jim Crow voter suppression tactics effectively prohibited most people of color from voting."
Supporters cheer during a campaign event with Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, outside Phoenix.(Rebecca Noble/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The vice presidential candidate at the time then tried to make a comparison to modern times.
Harris accused Republicans of "once again doing everything in their power to suppress and attack the voting rights of people of color."
"They are deploying suppressive voter ID laws, racial gerrymandering, voter roll purges, precinct closures and reduced early-voting days - all of which have been laser-targeted toward communities of color since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013," she wrote.
Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
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Tsk, tsk, tsk.
Fitting.
Wow! Next she'll be requiring ID's to purchase alcohol or drive a car!!!!!
As long as you don’t need an ID to vote.
Do you need an ID to register to vote?
I sure hope not. You can’t have a democracy when voters are disenfranchised.
Why are you so afraid to answer my question?
So afraid, not be silly. Each state has different requirements. Here in VA you must have an acceptable ID to register.
If you showed an ID to register, why do you need one to vote based on that registration?
Once again you appear too afraid to answer a simple question.
Y'all too desperate to nail her with whatever and it ain't workin!
Possibly but let's watch. If history is any indicator, not too long from now, she will start doing that herself.
As soon as she has to answer questions off script that's when the fun starts.
Exactly........
Y'all will pull anything out of the hat to damn her.
Two scoops of ice cream say that comment is bit hypocritical.
In case you have not figured it out yet, I don't give a shyte what you think.
Since i am a complete stranger on the internet, I would be more worried if you did.
Its going to be a long haul slog.
Don't like hypocrisy being called out?
Are there any members on this site who have gone to either a Trump or Biden or Harris rally? I searched on Google but cannot find anything to provide additional information. Do other rallies require photo ID to enter if it's an invite type rally? Is this a requirement from Secret Service? Although I suspect if it was a requirement from the USSS we would know more about it already. Was this a requirement of the facility?
It's funny on it's face looking at it but there are some unanswered questions around this that would really help.
Our government and our elections are supposed to reflect the interests of the American people, not only the wealthiest few and the biggest corporations. We must fight to restore and protect Americans’ fundamental right to see candidates during the campaign. This includes aggressively pushing back against candidates who try to disenfranchise people of color, young people, low-income people, and people with disabilities by making them present an ID.
Harris accused Republicans of "once again doing everything in their power to suppress and attack the voting rights of people of color."
Evidently black Americans can't identify themselves.
This must mean that there were no black people at this rally because democrats believe no black person is able to obtain an id.
Maybe she’s just trying to keep gun toting registered Republican assassins out of her rally.
I don’t think that is on their ID cards.