{"id":297198,"date":"2025-10-12T11:57:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T11:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/297198\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T11:57:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T11:57:39","slug":"kamala-harris-chicago-book-tour-event-interrupted-by-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/297198\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris’ Chicago book tour event interrupted by protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 book\u00a0tour<\/a> stop in Chicago\u00a0was disrupted multiple times Saturday afternoon, as security removed several protesters during a tense event promoting her new memoir, \u201c107 Days.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Harris discussed her book with journalist Michele Norris, who was moderating the event, at least one protester began shouting from the audience, prompting a chorus of \u201cget her out\u201d from attendees.<\/p>\n

Security quickly escorted the woman from the venue.<\/p>\n

Footage from the event showed at least two additional disruptions, including a man who appeared to shout about genocide before being removed.<\/p>\n

The motivations behind the protests were not immediately clear.<\/p>\n

The audience responded with applause when Norris addressed the disruptions by saying, \u201cWe encourage people to use their voices, but we want them to show respect for this woman.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Harris responded with a bit of humor,<\/a> adding, \u201cAnd please pronounce my name correctly\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the first time Harris\u2019 book\u00a0tour has drawn protests.<\/p>\n

Since launching her national book tour late last month, Harris has faced similar interruptions at several stops promoting \u201c107 Days,\u201d <\/a>which recounts her 2024 presidential campaign<\/a> following President Biden\u2019s withdrawal from the race.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kamala Harris shouts at an audience member during her book tour stop in Washington, DC, on Oct. 9, 2025. Nick Ballasy \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n

Kamala Harris speaks onstage during an event at The Town Hall in New York on Sept. 24, 2025. Sachyn Mital\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

The book chronicles her 107-day sprint to Election Day and offers a behind-the-scenes look at campaign decisions, staff tensions, and political challenges she faced during that period.<\/p>\n

Beyond the live events, Harris\u2019 memoir and the publicity surrounding it have sparked criticism \u2014 even from within her own party.\u00a0<\/p>\n

An advisor to a potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender\u00a0told Politico,\u00a0\u201cAt a time when people are looking for a vision and leadership\u2026 and want to see leaders rise to the level of threat facing the country, it\u2019s pretty crazy she chose to write a gossip book that prioritizes the pettiness of her politics.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The advisor added, \u201cIt\u2019s embarrassing for her, and for all Democrats, considering she was the leader of the party less than a year ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former CNN journalist Chris Cillizza also weighed in critically, writing on his Substack, \u201cHarris\u2019 recent media tour to tout her memoir \u2014 \u2018107 Days\u2019 \u2014 has reminded me of something I think I have long known: She is simply not a very good politician. And she hasn\u2019t gotten much better over her decades in the business.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a post on X, Cillizza noted that\u00a0Harris\u2019 return to the public stage<\/a>\u00a0reminded him \u201cshe\u2019s not good on her feet,\u201d and added, \u201cshe speaks in word salads.\u201d<\/p>\n

Criticism has also come from Democratic strategist Gary South,\u00a0who told The Hill<\/a>\u00a0that the timing of Harris\u2019 memoir was less than ideal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Former Vice President Kamala Harris details her new memoir \u201c107 Days,\u201d during an event at the Warner Theater on Oct. 9, 2025. Nick Ballasy \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n

Referencing the book\u2019s tone, South said excerpts suggest \u201cshe came out with arms flailing and guns blazing, blaming everyone but herself for her loss.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cit is a curiously negative and ungracious tome for someone who reportedly thinks she can run again in 2028.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to Harris\u2019s office for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital\u2019s Hanna Panreck contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 book\u00a0tour stop in Chicago\u00a0was disrupted multiple times Saturday afternoon, as security removed several…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":297199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,1022,960,27593,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,80,40739,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969,88828],"class_list":{"0":"post-297198","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-books","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-kamala-harris","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-politics","19":"tag-protesters","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-us-news","26":"tag-usa","27":"tag-vice-presidents"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115361077976341440","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}