NEW YORK (VINnews) — Pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel protesters disrupted a presidential campaign rally for US Vice President Kamala Harris in Harlem, New York City on Wednesday, bursting inside and interrupting speeches with chants and slogans.
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Footage from the scene showed crowds carrying banners, beating drums, and calling out slogans like “Palestine will be free” and “Normalize the intifada.”
🚨BREAKING: Pro Palestine protesters gather outside Kamala Harris Campaign event in Harlem, NYC, giving Mayor Adams an earful upon his arrival.
Chants of “Kamala Harris you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide.” pic.twitter.com/fY3jXekVor
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The campaign rally was not sanctioned by Harris’s campaign and neither Harris nor her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz, was present. The event was, however, attended by other notable Democrats like New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Gov. Kathy Hochul, and Representative Adriano Espaillat.
According to Politico, the protesters entered the rally repeatedly, disrupting the speeches and calling on those present to push for a ceasefire in Gaza and an embargo on arms deliveries to Israel.The disrupters were escorted out by police.
Adams, who was speaking during some of the disruptions, underscored the importance of unity among the party’s supporters, saying that the election is “the real fight.”
“Hold onto all of that anger until after November. November you need to be laser-focused on one thing,” Politico quoted him saying to protesters.
Some protesters at the demonstration outside held placards stating that Kamala Harris “calls rapists and kid killers allies” and others chanted “Kamala Harris you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide.”
After the rally, the protesters followed some of the event’s participants to an afterparty at an outdoor restaurant in the neighborhood where the demonstration escalated.
Footage from the scene showed the protesters setting off smoke bombs and clashing with police who were seen making arrests.
Many Arab Americans and leftists have expressed anger at the Biden administration’s handling of the war with Hamas and US support for Israel.
She still won’t learn. These people are enemies to all, including themselves.
“Some protesters at the demonstration outside held placards stating that Kamala Harris “calls rapists and kid killers allies” ”
It’s true. Kamala is allied with the October 7 rapists and murderers.
Let’s hope they derail her campaign.
TIDES Foundations, led by Zillionaire Capitalist Warren Buffet’s SON, Peter, who lives in Kingston NY, pays for these professional “protests”. Warren makes $$ on arms deals and his SON buys protesters to trample Israel.
Biting the hand that supports them
Keep it up trump
Looks better every day
THIS IS NO FREEDOM OF SPEECH. THEY SHOULD BE MOWED DOWN.
TAKING AWAY SOMEONE ELSES SPEECH. TRUMP WOYL HAVE SENT THE NATIONAL GAURDS A LONG TOME AGO
What a great City, State , Country we live in !!!
Democracy is not always pretty but it is their right as Americans to protest. Unlike January 6th protests they didn’t mount an insurrection. Or attack our democracy