Kamala Harris is one of the most unpopular politicians in the country.
She showed everyone why she’s so unlikable.
And Kamala Harris got some bad and took it out on her biggest fans in California.
California Highway Patrol Was Paying for Kamala Harris Book Tour Security
Former President Joe Biden signed an order extending Kamala’s federal Secret Service protection through July 2026 – a parting gift to his failed vice president on the way out the door.
Donald Trump canceled it in September 2025 the moment her standard six-month window as a former vice president closed.
Kamala launched a nationwide book tour and needed security.
So Gavin Newsom handed her dozens of California Highway Patrol officers to follow her across the country, overseas to London and Toronto, and through every stop of a book tour that puts money directly into her personal bank account.
State officials won't say how many officers are assigned to her.
They won't say how much it costs or how long it lasts.
Republican Assemblyman Tom Lackey – a 28-year CHP veteran – told KCRA the bill is "a lot" and "a significant amount of money."
One analyst who ran the math on a detail of 35 to 40 officers found base personnel costs alone could reach $8 million per year – before travel, lodging, and overtime.
The Secret Service ran a threat intelligence assessment and found no credible threat to Harris.
No threat. No federal obligation. Dozens of officers pulled off California highways anyway.
KCRA reporter Ashley Zavala broke the story on March 4th.
Within a week, Sacramento, San Diego, and Anaheim were gone.
Ticketmaster told ticketholders it was a "scheduling conflict."
She Took Her Ball and Went Home
California is Kamala Harris's home base – one the bluest states in the country, the place where her most loyal supporters live, the people who would show up in the rain to see her.
She didn't cancel flyover country.
She canceled them.
The moment California's taxpayer-funded security arrangement became a political liability, Kamala didn't reach into her own pocket to keep the tour running.
She punished the fans who love her most and walked away.
Kamala and her husband Doug Emhoff have a combined net worth estimated at $8 million.
Her book, 107 Days, has sold over 600,000 copies.
She could write a check for private security tomorrow.
But she chose not to – and Sacramento, San Diego, and Anaheim paid the price for it.
Why the 107 Days Tour Was Always a 2028 Presidential Campaign
Nobody in the legacy media will say this plainly, so here it is.
The book tour is a 2028 presidential campaign – and California taxpayers have been funding it since September.
Kamala passed on the California governor's race in July 2025 – the move that told every political operative in the country she's keeping the White House option open.
She then doubled the tour's footprint, adding swing state stops in places like Detroit, Madison, and the Carolinas – exactly the territory a Democrat presidential candidate needs to survive a primary.
Her own spokesperson described the tour's purpose as listening to voters and figuring out where Democrat leadership has fallen short – the language of a campaign, not a book signing.
Axios reported her southern swing "had the energy of a campaign-in-waiting."
Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton said what every clear-eyed observer already knows: "The Kamala Harris book tour is obviously part of her presidential campaign. Her donors – if she has any – should be paying for her security, not Californians who already pay the highest taxes in the country for the worst results."
California is running back-to-back budget shortfalls.
CHP officers were being pulled from state highways to escort a private citizen through the swing states she needs in 2028.
Kamala didn't thank California for the generosity or offer to reimburse a dime.
She just canceled on the people who loved her most and called it a scheduling conflict.
Kamala's book tour has now lasted 166 days.
Her actual presidential campaign lasted 107.
She spent more time relitigating a loss she blames on everyone but herself – Biden's debate, Tim Walz's performance, Josh Shapiro's ambition, Newsom's loyalty – than she spent actually running.
California deserved better than this.
They won't get it.
Sources:
- Ashley Zavala, "California taxpayers paying for Kamala Harris's security detail," KCRA, March 4, 2026.
- Ross O'Keefe, "Kamala Harris cancels California book tour amid criticism of taxpayer-funded security," New York Post, March 11, 2026.
- "Revealed: Kamala Harris' Book Tour Is Being Partially Funded by California Taxpayers," Western Journal, March 5, 2026.
- "Steve Hilton vows to end California taxpayer-funded security for Kamala Harris's book tour if elected governor," Conservative News Journal, March 5, 2026.
- "Secret Service protection for Kamala Harris ends, how much for CHP to step in?" KMPH, September 2, 2025.
- "Is There Really Any Genuine 'Harris 2028' Enthusiasm?" National Review, March 11, 2026.