Kamala to protesters: "You know what? If you want Donald Trump, then say that. Otherwise, I'm speaking."

[RandySF]

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Kamala Harris shuts down multiple protesters during her Detroit rally.

"You know what? If you want Donald Trump, then say that. Otherwise, I'm speaking."

[bamagal62]

1. Otherwise,

I’m speaking! Hell yeah

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. She is tough as nails when she needs to be, and encouraging when she wants to be.

She knows how to govern.

She will be a great President.

[Gaytano70]

4. Fearless

Thank you, Madame President.

[oasis]

3. "Ya ratty assed Trumpbot infiltrators, Kamala's

speaking here” That’s what she should have told them.

[Bucky]

11. But were they Trumpanzees? Or are they anti-Israel protestors?

I think it's a bad idea to conflate the two. One group is hopeless, the other needs to wake up to the fact that a Harris administration is the best hope for ending the slaughter in Gaza

[AkFemDem]

13. They were pro-Palestine assholes

[DownriverDem]

79. Michigan

has a large population from the Middle East. Gaza is a big issue to them. That is why Shapiro would have been bad for SE Michigan. Folks want a cease fire.

[oasis]

14. Brianna Joy Gray, Susan Sarandon, Cornell West

etc., weren’t “Trumpanzees” in 2016 but did their part in handing Trump the presidency.

Message: Pick-a-side or step aside.

[BattleRow]

16. Lead,follow,

or get out of the way and stfu.

[oasis]

23. The third option for those knuckleheads.

[BrianTheEVGuy]

52. Excellent

That's a quote from the late Lee Iacocca of Chrysler and Ford fame, and has great cultural currency in Detroit.

[Zoomie1986]

57. Iacocca didn't come up with that

My uncle who served under Patton used to say it because Patton said it all the time. Even he may not have come up with it, though. Some sources have it going all the way back to Thomas Paine.

[orthoclad]

33. Anti-genocide protestors

pissed that we're arming and enabling a murderous far-right regime.

Oh, I forgot: "If you don't like the Vietnam War, just go to Russia".

Been there.

[TomSlick]

39. Between now and November, If you want Trump to win, say so. Otherwise, Democrats are speaking.

The chief danger to Democratic unity is anti-Israel protesters.

I get it. Netanyahu is a war criminal and the US needs to re-examine its policies. However, if Trump wins, Gaza will be depopulated. The world loses if Trump wins.

[LeftInTX]

53. True!

[AllyCat]

62. This. If anti-Israel protesters want to see Palestine fall,

They can continue to not understand the need for unity. With Harris/Walz, there is hope for a solution. With the other ticket, Palestine becomes Jarvanka’s new high rise condo complex.

[Hieronymus Phact]

78. Many of them

Would be happy to fight the Israelis down to the last Palestinian if they have to.

[OMGWTF]

81. and Putin will take all of Ukraine and the Baltics, et. al.

[Happy Hoosier]

69. They are carrying water for the guy that will make it worse.

Fuck 'em. I've had enough of these assholes. If they can;t see what's at stake in this election, then they are fools.

[cab67]

74. There's a time and a place.

Trump would only enable his buddy Netanyahu and make things worse. Though I wish Biden could do more to rein him in, he (unlike most presidents since Israel's founding in 1947) has at least acknowledged that Israel's hands aren't clean here.

I've encountered a handful of people who've pledged to vote for Jill Stein in recent weeks, largely because they think supporting Biden (or Harris) is to enable the g-word in Gaza. They don't get that their own pure consciences are worthless if we have to endure four more years of the abomination currently running on the Republican ticket.

Yes, we should speak out against violence - but doing so in a way that would only help Trump is seriously counterproductive.

[Lucky Luciano]

75. I have one friend who definitely thinks democrats and republicans are the same.

With either party, the military industrial complex wins. End of story as all other differences are trivial by comparison. I selfishly, I guess, tend to to think our own democracy is vitally important, whereas he sees ending all our wars as vastly more important.

He posts this meme from time to time.

[soldierant]

80. No one wants war (except maybe creep like Bibi and Vlad.)

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Ukraine certainly didn't want war, but they had no choice. Israel overreacted because Bibi is a jerk, but they were attacked first. Do you know what would happen to a nation tha failed to act on behalf of a longstanding ally which was attacked? Even without a treaty (and treaties are the law of the land according to the Constitution)? No ither nation would ever ally with it again. You think Donald Trump*'s shenanigans made other countries trust us less? Yes, they did. But he was obviously nuts, so we got the trust back. But if Joe had failed to provide aid to Israel in those first days, it have been decades or more before we regained any kind of trust from anyone. Joe has clearly had it with Bibi, and told him so recently. But he's not about to commit national suicide over him.

[Lucky Luciano]

82. I'm with you, your evil autocorrect notwithstanding.

[soldierant]

83. thanks.

I don't use autocorrupt - all my typos (and I see there were a lot) are all my own.

[cannabis_flower]

61. Absolutely, just like

The media, Republicans and even quite a few Democrats need to stop calling all anti-Israel protesters Pro Hamas. Being against the apartheid policies of Netanyahu is not necessarily Pro Hamas or antisemitic.

[BannonsLiver]

5. I'm on her side and was paying attention and I got chills.

It’s impossible to overstate how much better she is on the stump now relative to her 2020 run. I find myself watching every rally.

[wnylib]

6. She handled that beautifully. The protests began when

VP Harris mentioned Project 2025. I could not make out what they said, but her first response was, "This is a democracy and everyone has a voice. But I am speaking now."

When they continued, she gave the response quoted in the OP. The crowd shouted down the protesters with, "We've got your back!" And, "Kamala!"

At first I thought the protesters might be MAGA plants because of the timing of their attempt to disrupt the speech, when Harris mentioned Project 2025.

But later, when she said, "If you want Donald Trump, say that," I thought they might have been anti Israel protesters.

Maybe some of the cable shows or MTN will clarify what the protesters said and who they were.

But, Harris handled it well. They did not stop her from moving on with her speech.

[mercuryblues]

10. Better hope it's not Wolf Blitzer

He can't tell the difference between a crowd yelling Bruce (as in Springsteen) or booing.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219300178

I want to send him some Q-tips

[FL_Jerry]

12. Thanks, that gave me a chuckle

Wish I thought of it...

[AZ8theist]

20. Reporters are stupid...

That's where the whole "Let's go Brandon" nonsense started.
It was at a NASCAR post race interview where the southern hillbilly morons started shouting "FUCK JOE BIDEN" and
the interviewer thought they were saying "Let's go Brandon"

It went on a life of it's own afterward.

Thankfully, Joe Biden is WAY, WAY, WAY smarter than the Maggots and turned it aound with the "Dark Brandon" dis.....

[NH Ethylene]

24. So THAT'S how it started - lol.

[AZ8theist]

59. I'm surprised people on our side didn't know that.......

I used to watch NASCAR, Used to go to the races once in awhile. Not anymore.
The sport is LOADED with Trumptards and Maggots. Anyway, here's the origin:

[wnylib]

34. I never watch him and don't think he has much of a following.

[Cha]

44. It was Jake Tapper..

[mercuryblues]

55. Really?

LOL. I guess all CNN male anchors look the same.

[Cha]

56. That's what I read it said and

when I went to the link if was Tapper unless somebody else mixxed up the two?

[Zoomie1986]

58. Jake Tapper not Blitzer

Same shit. Different pile.

[OAITW r.2.0]

29. Odd, isn't it? Like that was the cue to start, "Leftier than You, Pro-Palestine" protest.

Republican ratfuckery...they've been doing it for 60 years. They are good at it.

[tanyev]

7. You go, Madam VP!

[onenote]

8. the stare down was awesome.

[orange jar]

9. Yes!

And the very slight head tilt she did a few seconds later. Her eyes said, "You heard me. Try that again."

Have we ever had a more badass presidential candidate?

[Biophilic]

15. I love the idea of a bad ass woman president. Seriously.

It’s what dreams are made up following years of nightmares.

[BattleRow]

19. Amen

Kicking ass instead of kissing ass

[mucholderthandirt]

22. I call that "mom voice". Everybody else said it was "boss voice".

You say things like that, people stop and listen. Get a little ashamed of being an idiot, maybe. I first used it in the military with lower ranked airmen, as the senior NCO in charge of about a hundred kids in that work program we used to have (Vista?) and then as a mom of sons. My boys to this day will shut up when they hear it.

It's not being rude or hateful, it's the tone that says "you better listen to me, right now, I ain't foolin' around and there will be consequences".

I think Kamala Harris has learned a lot in the last four years, and I also think she's decided to be the in-charge woman she always was before she campaigned for president. Republicans better hear her roar, and believe it.

[ananda]

25. It could also be teacher voice and look.

I use my teacher voice and look on people
I'm trying to teach bridge to.

It works too.

[ChazInAz]

65. That was my immediate reaction.

Followed by the realization that she was never a teacher!
She was a DA, though...which is kind of the same. I imagine she's had her share of ass hats, Sovereign Citizens and such, who've tried to make a mockery of the courtroom. Handy experience to have if Donnie can ever be prodded out of his lair and onto the debate stage.

[orangecrush]

17. Well handled.

[DontBelieveEastisEas]

18. "If you want Donald Trump to win", is what Kamala said.

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[Cha]

45. TY.. it was the perfect thing to say!

[NoMoreRepugs]

77. I was 11 or 12 years old and my GrandPa Ben took me aside and said to me -

"You are a (last name), and we don't take SHIT from ANYBODY, remember that your whole like." Apparently I am related to Madame Vice President Harris. Who knew???

[rainy]

21. In other words: if you don't let me get the message out

then I won’t be heard and you’ll get Trump so if you don’t want Trump then stfu, I’m speaking!!!

[llmart]

26. Oh my.

That look she gave at the end. I'll bet that put an end to those disruptors. She is a walking, talking badass woman and that's what we need. Shut 'em down Kamala.

[uponit7771]

27. Uh oh

[markodochartaigh]

28. It seems difficult to distinguish between the Ka-ma-la chant

and the don-ald Trump chant. I think that the Democratic chanters should come up with a 4 syllable chant. Maybe Ka-ma-la---Walz or Ka-ma-la---now. I think that it would help to distinguish the chants and also over ride the Trump chant.

[Pototan]

30. Exactly how I feel

Any Democrat who protests either of our candidates on the ticket is helping Donald Trump. And any position you take, as a Democrat, will be harmed if Trump is elected.

[Cha]

47. YES.. as I've been repeating ... It was the Perfect thing to say!

[FalloutShelter]

31. The chant was - Kamala you can't hide

You’re supporting genocide.
Pro-Palestinian protesters- just now reported by Lawrence O’Donnell.

[PeaceWave]

40. Just goes to show you - Some people are never happy.

[dalton99a]

43. Fucking assholes

[Cha]

49. Yes!

- Kamala you can't hide
You’re supporting genocide.
Pro-Palestinian protesters- just now reported by Lawrence O’Donnell.

[Cha]

48. Thanks and it was the perfect thing for her to say o them.

- Kamala you can't hide
You’re supporting genocide.
Pro-Palestinian protesters- just now reported by Lawrence O’Donnell.

[ailsagirl]

32. Beautiful!!!

[kansasobama]

35. I am getting tired of these Gaza protesters

Hamas are not angels.

[LiberalFighter]

36. Protestors were thinking immaturely.

[tishaLA]

37. That glare at the end is EVERYTHING

It's the look of a determined woman who knows how to fight and WIN.

[sarisataka]

38. They DO want Trump

Because they think Democrats need to be taught a lesson. No price is too high, in their opinion

[PeaceWave]

41. The "price" in this case would be womens' rights and freedoms.

[sarisataka]

46. The protesters are willing

To make others pay that price, as long as they make their point

[orange jar]

51. Many of them think American/Western women are too privileged.

So they don't really care if American women lose their rights or not — they'll just rebut with, "think of how women in Gaza are living right now!"

The problem though is that many of them believe that Palestinians are the only people in the world who are suffering right now, and therefore, are the only people who need and deserve protections. They try to guilt people into not voting/voting third party by constantly beating the "you are privileged" and "you're a genocide enabler" drumbeats into easily impressionable young people's (including women's) minds.

Palestinian women DO matter — but you shouldn't guilt trip and (whether directly or indirectly) punish other women who are suffering, either. It does absolutely nothing to help Palestinian women.

[EllieBC]

73. They don't care about women's rights or

LGBTQ rights. Everybody talks about worrying about the Michigan vote. There’s a town in Michigan that banned pride. No they don’t have a Christian mayor and city Council. But they do have a Muslim mayor and city Council. We’re supposed to appease people that would throw other people under the bus? I think the fuck not.

[Cha]

50. And Netanyahu... Together they will Wipe Out Gaza. that is a HIGH PRICE.

[JoseBalow]

54. Quite a dilemma!

[sarisataka]

64. These protesters wouldn't shed a single drop of sweat

and push the right-side button without any hesitation.

[Cha]

42. perfect thing to say to the "protesters"! TY & Kamala!

Link to tweet

[Oopsie Daisy]

60. These are probably the same pro-Hamas folks who "protest" by disrupting Pride parades *

* winning hearts-and-minds, eh?

[Behind the Aegis]

70. Vancouver BC being the latest to be attacked/terrorized

[Oopsie Daisy]

71. Unsurprising. Staying true-to-form and all following the same attack/terror handbook.

Disgusting.

[MustLoveBeagles]

63. Great response

[SKKY]

66. Yo, I stood up straight and adjusted myself when when she said that...

....and I'm in full agreement with her. I feel like she stared into my soul and judged me for stealing a pack of baseball cards from Walgreen's when I was 11.

[BrightKnight]

67. Grownups in charge in charge voice - nt

[Clouds Passing]

68. Love that look! That look of a prosecutor going "oh, you really gonna go there?"

[EllieBC]

72. I think I'm in love.

I seriously love her. To the moon and back. ❤️

[Old Crow]

76. I absolutely love her ability to assert herself and hold her ground.

I first saw this when she was debating Mike Pence, who repeatedly tried to talk over her. I can hardly wait for her to debate the Orange Man-Child.