Kamala Harris criticized for requiring ID to attend Arizona rally after previously calling voter ID law racist

Vice President Harris was mocked online for requiring attendees of campaign rallies to show government-issued ID to enter, even though the Democratic presidential candidate opposes voter ID laws.

Ahead of Harris’ rally alongside vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in Arizona on Friday, her campaign sent out an email saying only RSVPs would be allowed in.

According to KTAR, the email said those on the RSVP list must show a government-approved photo ID to be admitted to the event.

The exact location of the Phoenix campaign event, first announced on July 30, was not revealed until Thursday. The email specified that the event would be held at the Desert Diamond Arena, located 15 miles northwest of downtown Phoenix, and that attendees would be allowed in between 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. Friday, according to KTAR. The campaign reportedly said the Arizona Democratic Party would send out “non-transferable invitations” via email Thursday afternoon to attend Friday’s event.

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X users began sharing screenshots of the emails and criticizing Harris for perceived hypocrisy.

“Showing your voter ID is racist, but you can’t get into a Kamala rally without it,” actor Kevin Sorbo wrote to his 2 million fans.

“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 over 448,000 followers.

“You need photo ID to get into Kamala Harris’ invite-only event, but not to vote?” echoed another user, Ian Haworth.

“Kamala Harris requires photo ID to enter private campaign event. Kamala Harris does not want to require photo ID to vote. Kamala Harris does not want to require ID to cross our border. Weird,” political commentator Gunther Eagleman also wrote on X.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Harris campaign for comment but did not immediately respond.

In 2021, Harris gave her first interview as vice president to Soledad O’Brien on BET about changes to voting laws.

“I don’t think we should take for granted what this could mean,” Harris said of allowing voter ID laws. “Because in some people’s minds, it means you’re going to have to photocopy or Xerox your ID to send it in to prove that you are who you are. Well, there are a whole lot of people, especially those who live in rural areas, who don’t — there’s no Kinko’s, there’s no Office Max nearby. People need to understand that when we talk about voter ID laws, be clear about who you’re talking about and what you’re asking them to prove who they are.”

“Of course, people need to prove who they are. But not in a way that makes it nearly impossible for them to prove who they are,” Harris added.

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Shortly after then-candidate Joe Biden announced Kamala Harris as his vice presidential running mate in August 2020, Harris penned an editorial in The Washington Post marking the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which granted women the constitutional right to vote.

“That is, unless you were black. Or Latina. Or Asian. Or Native,” Harris wrote. “And when the 19th Amendment was finally ratified, black women were once again left behind: poll taxes, literacy tests, and other Jim Crow voter suppression tactics effectively prevented most people of color from voting.”

The then-vice presidential candidate then tried to draw a comparison to modern times.

Harris accused Republicans of “once again doing everything in their power to restrict and attack the voting rights of people of color.”

“They are implementing voter ID restrictions, racially gerrymandering, purging voter registrations, closing precincts, and limiting early voting days — all of which have been deliberately targeted at communities of color since the Supreme Court invalidated the Voting Rights Act in 2013,” she wrote.