Victoria (Tori) Verber Salazar, once a powerful District Attorney in California, recently made headlines again when she introduced Kamala Harris at a border event in Arizona. But there's more to her story than just being a guest speaker. Salazar's time as District Attorney was full of controversy, and she was eventually voted out of office after losing the trust of many in her community.
Back in 2022, Salazar faced a big problem – dozens of attorneys who worked directly under her in San Joaquin County publicly declared they had “no confidence” in her leadership. They believed she couldn’t properly manage prosecutions, the core of her job as a DA. Just two months later, voters agreed, and she lost her re-election campaign.
Even though she introduced herself as a Republican during Kamala Harris’s event in Arizona, there’s a twist: Salazar has been a long-time supporter of Harris. In fact, she’s donated to Harris’s campaigns since at least 2016. Despite calling herself a Republ...