California man accuses Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsom of trespassing in burned home for photo op

Published September 17, 2020 4:09pm ET



A family in California accused Sen. Kamala Harris and Gov. Gavin Newsom of trespassing on the ruins of its property for a photo opportunity.

Trampas Patten, whose home burned in the wildfires near Auberry, California, said that his parents never gave Harris, who is the Democratic vice presidential nominee, or Newsom permission to stand on their property near the ruins of their home for a photograph, according to a report from KMPH. In a post to Facebook, he condemned the photograph and said his family felt used.

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