Kamala Harris slams protesters disrupting Detroit rally: ‘If you want Donald Trump to win, then say that’

Vice President Kamala Harris pushed back against pro-Palestine protesters in Detroit, her first major hurdle amid an otherwise positive rollout of her presidential campaign.

Harris was visiting Detroit as part of a tour with her newly-minted running mate Tim Walz. The two had held a large and raucous outdoor rally in Eau Claire, Wisconsin earlier in the day.

But Michigan, which has a large Arab-American population located in Dearborn outside of Detroit, has long been a hotbed of criticism for the Biden administration’s support for Israel in its war against Gaza. Earlier this year, roughly 13 percent of the people who participated in the state’s Democratic primary voted “uncommitted” to send a message to the Biden administration.

During the rally, which also featured Walz and Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Harris faced chants from pro-Palestine protesters.

“Kamala Kamala you can’t hide, we won’t vote for genocide,” some of the protesters yelled as Harris delivered her stump speech.

Initially, Harris tried to brush off the protesters while attendees chanted as a way of drowning out them out.

“I’m here because I believe in democracy,” Harris said. “I believe everyone’s voice matters. But I’m speaking now. I am speaking now.”

As protesters continued, Harris eventually pushed back.

“If you want Donald Trump to win, then say that. Otherwise, I'm speaking,” she said to huge applause.

Harris continued her normal stump speech that she has given several times and includes many lines that have previously gone viral.

“We are joyful warriors, because while fighting for a brighter future may take hard work, we all here know hard work is good work,” she said. “Our work is good work.”

Harris rattled off a series of policies she would