They absolutely do, anything bad that happens will happen under HER watch and they can smear the shit out of her for it.
This is what I underestimated with Harris' campaign, is that shes a relative unknown outside of her DA work so they dont have much to bash her on except "shes black! Zomg!!!!!!"
You want a finger ? I can get you a finger, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don't wanna know about it, believe me. I'll get you a finger by this afternoon- with nail polish. These fucking amateurs.