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The New York Times’s Katie Rogers has filed her pool report. There were six people who are believed to have needed medical attention, she reports, 15,000 people attended, and she confirms that among the chants were ones of “Lock him up” and “Kamala Kamala You Can’t Hide, We Won’t Vote for Genocide”:
The campaign says there were 15,000 people in Detroit, the largest of this campaign so far.
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Harris shut down a chant of “LOCK HIM UP,” as she did earlier in the day, with the following: “Here’s the thing, the courts are gonna handle that. We’re gonna beat him in November.”
The rally was interrupted by a band of protesters about midway through: Kamala Kamala You Can’t Hide, We Won’t Vote for Genocide,” the shouted.
This was her reply: “I’m here because I believe in democracy. I believe everyone’s voice matters. But I’m speaking now. I am speaking now.”
At least six people needed medical attention over the course of the rally that pool observed.
There were volunteers with water, Fig Newtons, and large boxes full of blue KAMALA FOR EVERYBODY T-shirts on hand.
