Vice President Kamala Harris is facing serious criticism for reportedly putting Keith Ellison on her attorney general short list. 

According to Fox News, it was Harris's presidential campaign that told community leaders in Detroit that Harris is considering making Ellison her attorney general.

For those unfamiliar with Ellison, he is currently the attorney general of Minnesota.

As for why Harris is facing criticism for this, it is because Ellison aligns politically with the far left.

"A lie"?

It was Richard Grenell, the former acting director of National Intelligence of the Trump administration, who reported that Ellison is on Harris's attorney general short list.

"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," he wrote on Saturday.

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.

— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) September 7, 2024

Ellison responded to the report shortly thereafter, claiming that it is not true. "This is a lie designed to trigger the Muslim-haters," Ellison wrote.

Fox reports:

Ellison currently serves as Minnesota’s attorney general, a left-wing Democrat who served as a U.S. congressman representing the Gopher State between 2007 and 2019. Ellison was elected as the first Muslim to Congress in U.S. history.

It makes sense: they're "Radical liberals"

Former President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign responded, over the weekend, to the news that Ellison is on Harris's attorney general short list.

Trump campaign national press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News Digital, "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."

To help provide some perspective, Fox reports:

Ellison has long come under fire from conservatives, including last year when he compared Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to the slave character in Quentin Tarantino’s 2012 film "Django Unchained," pinning blame for skyrocketing auto theft on car manufacturers, his handling of spiraling crime in the state during and after the 2020 George Floyd riots, and accusing the Republican Party during his DNC speech last month of thinking "they’re above the law."

This is, of course, all putting the cart before the horse. Harris has to win the 2024 presidential election before she could select anyone to be the U.S. attorney general.

With the revelation that she is considering Ellison for the pick, her chances of winning just went down.