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riversedge

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Thu Sep 25, 2025, 10:14 AM 13 hrs ago

Protesters disrupt Kamala Harris' first stop on book tour over Gaza [View all]

Source: USA Today




Sept 25 9:31 a.m. ET

NEW YORK - Kamala Harris’ first event in her multi-city book tour was disrupted by several pro-Palestine protesters Sept. 24, prompting the former vice president to suggest her early position on the Israel-Hamas war was not in lockstep with the Joe Biden administration.

“People in our administration can tell you what my voice was in those rooms – in those closed rooms – in the Oval Office,” Harris said to the packed venue in New York City. “I was not president. I couldn’t make the decisions, but I made my position clear.”

The event was the first stop in Harris’ book tour, to promote her new memoir, “107 Days,” chronicling her run for president in 2024.


At least three protesters interrupted Harris during the first of two on-stage interview events at Town Hall in Manhattan Wednesday night, one screaming she has “blood on her hands” over the Israel-Hamas war. The demonstrators were booed loudly by a crowd of nearly 1,500 and escorted out of the building by security. A group of more than a dozen also congregated outside the venue, drawing an increased law enforcement presence.



Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/25/kamala-harris-gaza-protest-book/86339281007/












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Biden was old guard, and always tended toward moderate. ananda 13 hrs ago #1
Do you remember that pesky little thing called a global pandemic??? travelingthrulife 13 hrs ago #6
I never said he didn't, and that is called a straw man. ananda 13 hrs ago #8
It is not a strawman argument. travelingthrulife 13 hrs ago #11
I never said he didn't do that either. ananda 12 hrs ago #23
"I also said he moved some toward the left in his last years, but not enough. All of this is just true." Happy Hoosier 12 hrs ago #27
I don't see anything above your post that matches the definition of gaslighting. Doodley 12 hrs ago #37
Then you're wrong. Happy Hoosier 11 hrs ago #53
Well, I can see how "not enough" might be an opinion, since... ananda 11 hrs ago #40
That is the part that is opinion. Happy Hoosier 11 hrs ago #55
No, I've been watching Biden since the 80's. ananda 9 hrs ago #71
Biden voted NAY on Clarence Thomas thebigidea 7 hrs ago #75
Wtf? Why are you bringing the pandemic into it, when ananda was talking about ms liberty 11 hrs ago #56
THAT misinformation right there LyfeTimeDem 13 hrs ago #12
He's the most progressive president we've had in decades mcar 12 hrs ago #22
Not in decades, ever. Eliot Rosewater 12 hrs ago #29
Yes, that could be argued, couldn't it? mcar 12 hrs ago #33
Best on labor, best on caregiving... etc. deurbano 8 hrs ago #74
any supporter of palestine who is spouting off at ms harris has earned whatever krasnov does to them. rampartd 13 hrs ago #2
Somehow markodochartaigh 12 hrs ago #30
i've suspected some of these idiots were agents provacateur rampartd 11 hrs ago #48
Easy for MAGA to manipulate these f6cking idiots wolfie001 12 hrs ago #32
Oh, FFS. Scrivener7 13 hrs ago #3
Though Harris wrote several times about tension between her and the administration, she also came to Biden's defense, riversedge 13 hrs ago #4
AND??? LyfeTimeDem 13 hrs ago #13
To me, none of that matters... SickOfTheOnePct 13 hrs ago #16
She is a soft target Zorro 11 hrs ago #45
Most on-point comment yet BaronChocula 10 hrs ago #59
And she has no power to arrest and/or deport them, so they can feel virtuous without personal risk. deurbano 9 hrs ago #73
its safer and easier than protesting trump quakerboy 5 hrs ago #83
So these stupid people are unable to blame the GOP? Afraid of Krasnov? travelingthrulife 13 hrs ago #5
Why go after her... WomanWhoRoars 13 hrs ago #7
Came here to say same thing. NCDem47 13 hrs ago #9
that the Far Left ..... LyfeTimeDem 13 hrs ago #14
There is no far left. That talking point exists only in Republican Fantasy Land Autumn 12 hrs ago #20
hahahahahahaha LyfeTimeDem 12 hrs ago #25
Well welcometo DU. Autumn 11 hrs ago #38
P.S. I am not a "Moderate" LyfeTimeDem 11 hrs ago #39
You are arguing things I never said. There is no far left in the Democratic party. Autumn 11 hrs ago #47
Im a Liberal, not a Moderate...like this description LyfeTimeDem 9 hrs ago #65
there are a handful of Moderates lefr LyfeTimeDem 9 hrs ago #66
You called Liberals LyfeTimeDem 9 hrs ago #68
There is in fact an infinitesimally small American "far left." thucythucy 11 hrs ago #41
As I said the far left are not members of the Democratic party. The Pukes Autumn 11 hrs ago #44
okay well LyfeTimeDem 9 hrs ago #70
Ah, yes. Some of the SWP used to hang out around my art college in the east village. ... electric_blue68 9 hrs ago #63
They were also intensely sexist. thucythucy 9 hrs ago #67
Woah! And Woah!... electric_blue68 7 hrs ago #80
Yeah, they're basic argument was he couldn't be a rapist thucythucy 6 hrs ago #81
Omg, what BS! Inexcusable! electric_blue68 5 hrs ago #82
im no Moderate or Progressive LyfeTimeDem 9 hrs ago #64
I doubt anyone will drive Harris off her book tours. riversedge 13 hrs ago #18
It sounds as fishy as the Pacific Ocean RazorbackExpat 13 hrs ago #15
I agree, a set up once again. sheshe2 11 hrs ago #50
have these morons not yet LyfeTimeDem 13 hrs ago #10
A protesting man in red shirt with MAGA print on his t-shirt........... riversedge 13 hrs ago #17
Angry man yelling. Not exactly original or new. Trying to provoke a fight and not getting anywhere Walleye 12 hrs ago #31
The more things change the more they do not. BootinUp 12 hrs ago #19
Seriously? mcar 12 hrs ago #21
They don't and never did actually care about Gaza. PunkinPi 11 hrs ago #54
Fuck those assholes. Aristus 12 hrs ago #24
Come on guys show some courage. Protest against the villain in the White House. Walleye 12 hrs ago #26
they did it massively LyfeTimeDem 9 hrs ago #72
There is no cure for stupidity. THESE IDIOTS ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS, lostincalifornia 12 hrs ago #28
Of course, why not, useless nonsense roscoeroscoe 12 hrs ago #34
Assholes. Where are they when Trump is gallivanting around? mzmolly 12 hrs ago #35
If I recall correctly, Netanyahu went into Gaza after the Hamas attack Raven123 12 hrs ago #36
These protestors have already done enough damage to this country, its time for them to go back to their mother russia.nt ImNotGod 11 hrs ago #42
Sure, she's the problem. kacekwl 11 hrs ago #43
These people really need to understand they are undermining their own cause. walkingman 11 hrs ago #46
They are not protesters. They are trolls, either paid, or mentally unstable, brainwashed by the right. Doodley 11 hrs ago #49
Well, the question is who they were. maxsolomon 11 hrs ago #52
We all have "blood on our hands" when it comes to Gaza. maxsolomon 11 hrs ago #51
Fuck them UpInArms 11 hrs ago #57
Bullshit merchants one and all. bottomofthehill 7 hrs ago #79
Are they protesting at the White House? Gaza has gone from conflict to genocide with Trump's blessing. Vinca 11 hrs ago #58
But they remain silent when it comes to protesting the GOP or Trump. Why? QueerDuck 10 hrs ago #60
Let me see if I can figure this out. Buddyzbuddy 10 hrs ago #61
Why aren't these idiots protesting Trump? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 10 hrs ago #62
So are they getting an early start on Abandon Harris 2028? sarisataka 9 hrs ago #69
JFC RandySF 7 hrs ago #76
Yawn! Wake me when they finally start protesting people in power. LonePirate 7 hrs ago #77
Fuck them. They gave us President Trump bottomofthehill 7 hrs ago #78
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