Harris campaign's Arab-American outreach director said 'Zionists' are 'controlling a lot' of American politics

Vice President Kamala Harris' newly-appointed Arab-American outreach director once claimed "Zionists" were "controlling a lot" of American politics. 

The Harris campaign announced this week it had tapped Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary Brenda Abdelall to oversee the vice president's efforts to shore up support among Arab-American voters in the final months of the presidential race.

However, comments Abdelall made in college in 2002 resurfaced Thursday in a report by The Washington Free Beacon.