Critics online mocked Vice President Kamala Harris for a “word salad” after a heckler interrupted her speech in Nevada on Thursday night.
“You know what?” the vice president said in Reno, Nevada after shouting could be heard from the audience as she spoke. “Let me say something about this.”
“We are here because we are fighting for a democracy. Fighting for a democracy. And understand the difference here, understand the difference here, moving forward, moving forward, understand the difference here.”
“What we are looking at is a difference in this election, let’s move forward and see where we are because on the issue, for example, freedom of choice,” Harris continued as the heckling went on.
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RENO, NEVADA – OCTOBER 31: Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks during a campaign rally at the Reno Events Center on October 31, 2024 in Reno, Nevada. With five days to go until election day, Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning in Arizona and Nevada. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
“That’s OK,” Harris said as the voices of her supporters drowned out the heckling. “That’s alright. That’s OK.”
“You know what? Democracy can be complicated, sometimes it’s okay. We’re fighting for the right for people to be heard and not jailed because they speak their mind. We know what’s at stake.”
Harris faced criticism from conservative critics on social media.
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