Kamala Harris’s post–White House image rehab tour isn’t going well—and Saturday in Chicago, it derailed entirely. As the former vice president attempted to promote her memoir 107 Days—a title referencing the length of her spectacularly unsuccessful 2024 campaign—multiple pro-Palestinian protesters stood up mid-event to accuse her of complicity in genocide and war crimes.
Harris, sitting alongside journalist Michael Norris, barely made it through her scripted talking points before the first disruption hit. A woman rose to her feet and shouted, “Your legacy is genocide!” The crowd bristled, security was called, and the heckler was removed—but not before Harris gave the kind of off-script response that reveals more than intended: “I am not president of the United States. You wanna go to the White House and talk to him, then go on and do that.”
Translation? Not my problem—talk to Trump.
It wasn’t the first protest, and it likely won’t be the last. Her book tour has already been dogged by similar scenes, including one in New York City where she once again claimed powerlessness over the Israel-Hamas conflict. These interruptions are more than random noise—they’re a reflection of a Democratic base fractured by its own contradictions. And Harris, once a darling of the progressive elite, is now catching heat from both sides.
Protesters interrupt Kamala Harris’ Chicago book tour event, forcing multiple removals https://t.co/Vd6fMuYKae pic.twitter.com/CGS2vr4wVh
— New York Post (@nypost) October 12, 2025
Ironically, while Harris dodges accountability by reminding audiences she’s no longer in office, President Trump is actively reshaping the narrative from the frontlines. Over the weekend, Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of Trump’s proposed peace deal, involving a hostage release and an Israeli withdrawal to a designated buffer zone.
So while Harris signs copies of a book her own advisers call “divisive” and “an embarrassment,” Trump is on the world stage, facilitating actual diplomacy.
And here lies the contrast.
Harris authored a memoir few want to read, recounting a campaign that never got off the ground, while Trump—eight months into his return—is brokering ceasefires, freeing hostages, and earning praise from leaders who once distanced themselves from him.
The Democratic Party now finds itself stuck with a former vice president who ducks every question with “Talk to Trump” while her own base accuses her of war crimes. That’s not exactly a launchpad for 2028—or a legacy worth defending.
