Vice President Harris appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live this week, but was interrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters.
“15,000 children are dead because of you!” a protester yelled at Harris onstage Tuesday night. “Stop the genocide!”
“You’re a murderer!” yelled another.
“Kamala Harris. Stop funding Israel!” one person said.
Kimmel said the protesters had disrupted his “flow” and apologized to the vice president for the interruption.
Video Edit Post online During a speech by the anti-war group Code Pink, someone off-camera can be heard telling the audience, “If you have anything else to say, now is the time.”
Protesters appeared to be removed from the stands and music was played to drown out their screams.
in Online releaseCodepink said the protesters represented Chino Valley for Palestine Liberation, Palestinian Christians for Justice, Pasadena for Palestine and Claremont Graduate Students for a Free Palestine.
The group said security guards approached several protesters before Harris took the stage and “forced them to leave.”
As the vice president took to the stage, protesters “created a series of disruptions” that led to “unlawful detentions and assaults by security forces on some of the activists,” the group said.
The Hill has reached out to the late-night show for comment.
According to “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” Harris spoke about the overturning of Roe v. Wade, former President Trump’s attempt to overturn the Affordable Care Act and his recent hush money conviction.
Updated 1:47 p.m.
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