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Harris Confronts Gaza Protests at New York Book Tour Launch, Blasts Trump’s ‘Blank Check’ to Netanyahu

The rollout has heightened Democratic unease about her memoir’s tone alongside her positioning on Gaza.

Overview

  • Her Town Hall event in Manhattan was interrupted multiple times by pro‑Palestinian protesters alleging complicity in the Gaza war, and security removed the demonstrators as a crowd of nearly 1,500 booed.
  • Addressing hecklers, Harris said, “I’m not president right now, there’s nothing I can do,” and urged the audience to “bring the temperature down.”
  • She argued she warned early about starvation and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and said her Selma remarks earned her “a lot of heat” inside the Biden White House.
  • In 107 Days, Harris casts her 2024 loss as constrained by time, criticizes Biden’s team for undercutting her, and writes she declined Pete Buttigieg as a running mate because his being gay posed “too big of a risk.”
  • The book tour and high‑profile interviews have drawn sharp criticism from Democrats and commentators who deem the memoir divisive or “embarrassing,” even as loyal supporters applaud her candor.