
United States (US) Vice President and current Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris appeared briefly rattled after she was heckled during her election rally in Michigan on Saturday (Oct 26).
A report by the New York Post on Sunday said that Harris had begun speaking after former first lady Michelle Obama's address at the rally in Kalamazoo.
“We are fighting for America’s future, and we understand the opportunity we have before us to turn the page on the fear," Harris told supporters when she got cut off.
At the rally, an anti-Israel protester interrupted Harris' address by repeatedly saying, "No more Gaza war!"
Harris stopped her speech as the protester shouted her down — and then looked behind her as rally-goers erupted into a shower of boos against the heckler, the report said.
Her supporters began countering the heckler with chants of "Kamala".
“‘On the topic of Gaza, we must end that war,” Harris replied after a brief pause during the commotion.
Harris' rally inKalamazoo came hours before Israel launched multiple strikes at Iran in retaliation for the Islamic Republic's October 1 missile attack.
The New York Post report said that Michigan has one of the largestArab-American populations in the US and Democratic operatives have long been anxious about the political ramifications of the Gaza war on the November 5 election there.
A recent poll showed that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trumphas a razor-thin 0.2 percentage point edge in Michigan.
Recently, Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud, a Democrat, confirmed that he won’t back either candidate in the election.
(With inputs from agencies)