US presidential candidate Kamala Harris appeared to agree with a protester who called Israel’s war on Gaza a genocide on Saturday, saying that what he was talking about was “real”.
In a video widely circulated on social media on Saturday, a student interrupted Harris while she was speaking at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.
Harris was telling students that she was “so invested in them” before the protesting student, who was wearing a kuffiyeh in solidarity with Palestinians, told her “And in genocide, right? Billions of dollars in genocide you invested in?”
The Democrat vice-presidential candidate said that she respected the student’s right to speak.
“I respect your right to speak. I’m speaking right now, I know what you’re speaking of. I want the ceasefire. I want the war to end,” she said. ….more
