Gaza protests poised to dampen ‘Killer’ Kamala’s joy all the way to the DNC
By
Christian Datoc
August 9, 2024 6:00 am
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Vice President Kamala Harris’s two-week honeymoon period came to a screeching halt in the battleground state of Michigan when Gaza protesters crashed her campaign rally.
Anti-Israel hecklers chanting “Kamala! Kamala! You can’t hide! We won’t vote for genocide!” disrupted her Detroit rally on Wednesday night. The scene was reminiscent of protests that have plagued President Joe Biden just about everywhere on the campaign trail until he ended his 2024 reelection bid last month.
Harris had already been waging an extremely “online” campaign, and her response — “If you want Donald Trump to win, then say that. Otherwise, I’m speaking” — predictably split Democratic voices on social media.
Though some praised Harris’s response, arguing she showed strength in the face of repeated interruptions, the vice president’s comments appeared to reignite activist campaigns pressing Biden and Harris on Gaza.
The group “Abandon Biden” claimed in a statement that Harris showed “disdain for citizens of this country.”
“Now, we are speaking, Madam Vice President. We have repeatedly expressed our concerns about platitudes of promise in place of any and all action regarding the Israeli genocide in Gaza and U.S. funding of it,” the group wrote. “Without explicit plans and policies, there is no reason for any Americans of good moral conscience to believe a Harris-Walz administration will do anything to end this genocide.”
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