Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris has been revealed to have told an interview last October in which she nearly mirrored a story told by civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
In an exclusive interview with Elle magazine, Hogan recounted the anecdote, which was published in October at the height of the 2020 presidential campaign. In the interview, she recalled that as a toddler, she used to accompany them in a stroller to parades.
Harris has repeatedly boasted about her parents’ involvement in the civil rights movement of the 1960s. She said, “My mother told how I made a big fuss about it. She asked me, ‘Baby, what do you want? What do you need?’ I looked at her and said, ‘Fweedom’ (a fuzzy sound for ‘freedom’).”
On Monday (Jan. 4), when that interview was rediscovered and double-checked by the Internet, Andray Domise, a contributing editor for the Canadian publication Maclean’s, and a Twitter user, @EngelsFreddie, noted that Hejinli’s story was highly similar to the one told by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a 1965 interview by Playboy magazine, a prominent leader of the black civil rights movement.
Dr. King said at the time, “I’ll never forget a moment in Birmingham when a white police officer accosted a little black girl, seven or eight years old. She was marching in a demonstration with her mother. ‘What do you want?’ the policeman asked her in a hard tone. The little girl looked him straight in the eye and replied, ‘Fee-dom’ (a vague pronunciation of the word ‘freedom’). She couldn’t even pronounce it, but she knew it (freedom). It was beautiful! Many times when I’m in a very difficult situation, my mind goes to that little girl and she inspires me.”
The Domes editor accused the Hejinli of “cherry-picking” her story from Dr. King, a sentiment shared by others.
“Read this too-perfect Kamala Harris story,” tweeted former New York Times columnist-editor Bari Weiss, “then click on this 1965 interview with Dr. King by Alex Haley and search for the word ‘fee-dom’.”
For his part, Seth Mandel, executive editor of the Washington Examiner, questioned, “Plagiarizing an MLK interview seems like something that would get you caught. Why would people do that to themselves?”
Steve Guest, director of rapid response for the Republican National Committee, commented, “Joe. Biden and Harris (Hejinli) are two plagiarizing liars. Biden plagiarized RFK (Robert F. Kennedy), Hubert Humphrey, JFK (John F. Kennedy) during law school, and he plagiarized the family history of a British politician (Neil Kinnock). Kinnock’s) family history …… And now, Harris has plagiarized MLK.”
“Guess we know why Biden chose her as his running mate? He sees a lot of his own plagiarism in her,” said conservative commentator Stephen Miller.
Fox News has asked the Biden transition team about the matter, but has yet to receive a response.
Biden himself was plagued by plagiarism allegations back in 1987 when he first ran for president. The controversy eventually forced the end of his campaign at the time. Although Biden was attacked on the issue during the election, he was never hounded by the mainstream media about the controversy.
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