Vice President Kamala Harris, the former San Francisco district attorney, arrived at her old haunt on Wednesday to raise money for the Biden-Harris re-election campaign and was greeted by more than a hundred pro-Palestinian protesters.
His appearance in the Bay Area comes a day before former President Trump attends a fundraising dinner in San Francisco, exactly one week since he was convicted of 34 felonies for falsifying records in a scheme to hide payments. of silence to a porn actor. .
Harris arrived in San Francisco after an earlier fundraiser at a private home in the Oakland Hills.
Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside where Harris was expected to speak and shouted, “Shame on you!” and “Cease fire!” as the attendees entered. Police asked protesters to leave the scene, threatening arrests. They quickly set up barricades between protesters and police. The activists' shouts grew louder as the vice president's motorcade approached.
Inside an intimate live music venue in San Francisco's Mission district, Harris addressed a room full of about 100 supporters, including some whom she said she recognized from her years in Bay Area politics.
“We've all been involved many times together in these four-year cycles,” Harris said. “We've almost always talked about 'this is the one.' Well, this year is the one. Everything is at stake in these elections.”
The meeting was organized by Democratic donors Shannon Hunt-Scott, Stacy Mason and Sheila Thompson and small business owner Manny Yekutiel, who runs a local venue that hosts civic events.
During a portion of the event where reporters were allowed to attend, Harris did not mention Trump's criminal conviction or President Biden's executive order to restrict asylum seekers from crossing the southern border.
During her 13-minute remarks, Harris spoke about the loss of abortion rights in states across the country and reiterated her call for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas.
“What we have seen in Gaza is that too many innocent civilians are being killed,” he said. “In many cases, humanitarian aid is denied. The president and I have been very clear. “This war must end, we need a ceasefire, we need the hostages out, we need help to come in, and we need to commit to a two-state solution.”
