President Joe Biden famously ended his 1987 White House campaign when it was revealed that he plagiarized a speech originally given by British politician Neil Kinnock.

Plagiarism was once again in the news this week after a report charged that Vice President Kamala Harris copied multiple passages in a 2009 book. 

Activists highlights "at least a dozen sections"

According to Breitbart, conservative activist Christopher Rufo laid out the evidence for Harris' actions in a thread posted to Twitter on Monday.

EXCLUSIVE: Kamala Harris plagiarized at least a dozen sections of her criminal-justice book, Smart on Crime, according to a new investigation. The current vice president even lifted material from Wikipedia.

We have the receipts. 🧵

— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) October 14, 2024

"Kamala Harris plagiarized at least a dozen sections of her criminal-justice book, "Smart on Crime," according to a new investigation," Ruffo wrote.

He went on to say that "[t]he current vice president even lifted material from Wikipedia" before adding, "We have the receipts."

Ruffo presents multiple plagiarism examples in Harris' book

Ruffo cited work done by "famed Austrian 'plagiarism hunter'" Dr. Stefan Weber, someone he credited with having "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," Ruffo added.

In one example, the vice president "lifted verbatim language from an uncited AP/NBC News report" on high school graduation rates.

"In another section of the book, Harris, without proper attribution, reproduced extensive sections from a John Jay College of Criminal Justice press release," Ruffo wrote.

"In a section about a New York court program, Harris stole long passages directly from Wikipedia—long considered an unreliable source," the activist stressed.

New York Times defends Harris, suggests Rufo is a racist

Interestingly, Breitbart pointed out how a New York Times article on Harris' acknowledged that she had engaged in plagiarism but downplayed its significance, stating, "A plagiarism expert said the lapses were not serious."

What's more, the Times also implied that Rufo's focus on the vice president's plagiarism may be part of a racially motivated attack.

"Mr. Rufo is part of a loose confederation of conservative writers and activists who, during the past year, have tried to expose plagiarism among academics, many of whom have been Black scholars who work in the field of diversity and inclusion. … Some academics … have characterized the campaign as racist," the paper declared.