Pop star Lizzo caused an uproar online when she claimed at a local Democratic Party rally that if Vice President Kamala Harris were elected president, “the whole country would look like Detroit.”
Harris appeared with the “Truth Hurts” singer at a rally in the Motor City on Saturday, and the pair spoke out against the city after former President Trump disparaged the city during an appearance at the Detroit Economic Club last week. praised.
“So the whole country is going to look like Detroit – you want to know the truth – our whole country is going to end up looking like Detroit.”
The singer echoed the former president's sentiments, but tried to put a positive spin on it.
“They say if Kamala Harris wins, the whole country will be like Detroit. Proud like Detroit. Resilient like Detroit,” Lizzo said to cheers from the crowd.
This auto manufacturing hub was once the center of American industry, but suffered a major economic downturn as American automakers moved jobs overseas and imports of foreign cars increased.
Detroit's unemployment rate is currently 8.8 percent, more than double the national average.
Social media users were quick to slam the “Good as Hell” singer's claims.
“If Kamala wins, the whole country will look like Detroit,” Rizzo said, speaking at a Kamala rally in Michigan. Does anyone have a problem with that or is it just me? ” 1 account posted.
“My theory is that the Democrats know everything is falling apart and actually want Trump to win,” comedian David Angelo wrote in a post on X. A video was also included.
