![Kamala Cop / Kamala Is A Cop Kamala Harris cop meme example depicting a photoshopped image of her wearing a police uniform.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/050/677/EfKvMHFUwAAQwzY.jpg)
Kamala Cop / Kamala Is A Cop
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About
Kamala Cop, also known as Kamala Is A Cop or Kamala Harris Police Parodies, refers to a series of jokes and memes related to Vice President Kamala Harris' record as an Alameda County prosecutor and San Francisco district attorney from 2004 to 2010. Jokes about Harris' record as a prosecutor started in November 2019 amid her Presidential campaign for the 2020 United States Presidential Election, continuing into the following years. The meme notably resurfaced in July 2024 after President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 Presidential Election and endorsed Harris to be the Democratic nominee.
Origin
The "Kamala is a cop" debate and discourse started on May 25th, 2016, after Kamala Harris gave an interview for The New York Times Magazine[1] in an article titled "Kamala Harris, a ‘Top Cop’ in the Era of Black Lives Matter," which delved into Harris' campaign strategy to be elected to the U.S. Senate. According to an article posted by The Washington Post[2] on January 10th, 2019, Kamala "constantly referred to herself as California's 'top cop.'"
On July 3rd, 2019, the Facebook[3] meme page @memeindustrial posted one of the earliest examples of memetic "Kamala cop" content, photoshopping Harris in a police uniform alongside an edit of her arresting a young Black girl (seen below). The post amassed more than 540 likes and 1,200 shares in five years.
![Kamala Cop meme THE MEME ME-INDU INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX ones](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/866/780/2f6.jpg)
Spread
Various memes about Kamala Harris' history with law enforcement continued to spread in the following years, especially in the early 2020s. For example, on November 10th, 2020, Redditor ChimpanzeeClownCar posted a meme referencing two articles from the Independent about her controversial history to the /r/PoliticalCompassMemes[6] subreddit, receiving over 2,600 upvotes and 90 comments in roughly three years (shown below).
![Strategy 100, Integrity 50 | /r/PoliticalCompassMemes Y INDEPENDENT Y INDEPENDENT CORONAVIRUS ADVICE UK POLITICS US POLITICS INDY100 NEWS US POLITICS 2020 ELECTION NEWS 2020 ELECTION VOICES SPORT CULTURE INDY/LIFE INDYBEST CORONAVIRUS ADVICE UK POLITICS VOICES SPORT CULTURE INDY/LIFE INDYBEST INDY100 Kamala is a cop'was a racist narrative that killed Harris's campaign dead. And whatever you think about her, it's deeply unfair If you think calling Kamala Harris a cop was racist, you need to talk to black feminists We have to move past purely identity-based politics if we want to get to the truth about Harris's declining popularity This isn't a defence of Kamala Harris as a politician, or her record. It's a defence of Kamala Harris as a human being Devyn Springer Virginia | Thursday 05 December 2019 19:25 Frederick Joseph New York @fredtjoseph | Tuesday 03 December 2019 23:44 | 19 comments Left INDEPENDENT COLD THE WAT WAY I'm playing both sides, so that I always come out on top.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/937/688/2cb.jpg)
On January 21st, 2021, Twitter / X[7] user @kikosdreamworld posted a We Did It, Joe meme referencing the Kamala Cop discourse, which garnered over 9,300 likes, 1,400 reposts and 10 replies in roughly three years (seen below).
![They’re remembering i’m a cop joe](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/002/796/7a4.png)
2024 Presidential Election Resurgence
In late July 2024 after President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 Presidential Election and announced his support for Kamala Harris' candidacy, "Kamala cop" memes and jokes became a viral trend on X / Twitter once again.
For instance, on July 21st, 2024, X[4] user @jdcmedlock posted the Kamala cop Photoshop image in a tweet about using the meme to help convince right-wing voters by loudly saying, "She’s a cop who will lock up all the criminals. It’s time to win this election." The post (seen below) amassed more than 19,000 likes and 1,600 reposts in a day.
![Kamala Cop meme James Medlock @jdcmedlock Follow X Remember: now we pivot to not mentioning Kamala's sterling left wing voting record and her cool Marxist dad, and instead loudly say she's a cop who will lock up all the criminals. It's time to win this election.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/866/784/f56.jpg)
On July 22nd, X[5] user @What46HasDone replied to a tweet about the "Kamala is a cop" meme, writing that the jokes are "a good thing, particularly when your opponent is a rapist, convicted felon, and con man." The post (seen below) amassed more than 630 likes and 130 reposts in a few hours.
![Kamala Cop meme debate 46 The Biden Accomplishments Guy @What46HasDone. Follow X The "Kamala is a cop" stuff is going to fall much flatter in 2024 than it did in 2020. It's a different time. That she locked up sexual predators, murderers, and corporate criminals is a good thing, particularly when your opponent is a r-----, convicted felon, and con man. jul @vol08dawg guys kamala is a cop, not just a meme. a cop. a cop. 8:35 AM - Jul 22, 2024](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/866/785/51c.jpg)
Various Examples
![Kamala Harris is a COP! Corporate needs you to find the differences between this picture and this picture. They're the same picture.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/866/792/47d.jpg)
![Kamala’s a cop 🫡🇺🇸 Joey Mauro @JoeyMauro1 Follow Unironically this is a winning theory for a Harris presidential run 2:51 PM - 7/2/24 From Earth 837K Views 852 Reposts 105 Quotes](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/866/791/e4c.jpeg)
![Kamala is a cop KAMALA HARRIS IS A COP](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/866/787/ba2.jpg)
![Kamala was a cop meme ICYESTTWAT @FUCCI Kamala was a cop. Ok... Trump is a racist and a bitch... GIF ALT 9:03 PM Jul 21, 2024 686.6K Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/866/786/d44.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] NY Times – Kamala Harris, a ‘Top Cop’ in the Era of Black Lives Matter
[2] The Washington Post – Sen. Kamala Harris defines her story as a potential presidential campaign nears
[3] Facebook – Kamala Cop montage
[4] X – jdcmedlock
[5] X – What46HasDone
[6] Reddit – r/PoliticalCompassMemes
[7] X – kikosdreamworld
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