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Pro‑Palestine Protests Disrupt Harris’s New York Book Tour Kickoff

At the New York launch, Harris defended her Gaza record, faulting Trump's 'blank check' to Netanyahu.

Overview

  • At Town Hall in Manhattan, the first stop for Harris’s memoir 107 Days was repeatedly interrupted, with at least three protesters escorted out as a crowd of nearly 1,500 booed.
  • Responding to a heckler, Harris said, “I’m not president right now, there’s nothing I can do,” a line captured in a video shared by Washington Post reporter Sabrina Rodríguez that drew about one million views.
  • Harris told attendees she had warned about starvation in Gaza during her vice presidency and said she faced pushback inside the White House, adding she could not make decisions at the time.
  • She criticized President Donald Trump for giving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “blank check,” using the event to sharpen her contrast with the current administration.
  • Dozens of activists rallied outside the venue as law enforcement monitored the scene, and the broader book and media tour has drawn fresh criticism from some Democratic strategists and commentators.