‘I’m Speaking’: Kamala Harris Laughs As Climate Protester Yells At Her About Hawaii

Vice President 👤Kamala Harris laughed at a climate protester in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, who disrupted her weekend remarks to criticize the Biden administration’s climate policy in light of the Hawaiian forest fires.

A lone Climate Defiance protester interrupted Harris’ talk at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, one of several stops on a “grassroots” fundraising tour in the ritzy vacation spot, footage of the incident appears to show and according to local outlet NBC 10 Boston. As the protester vocally confronted her about the Hawaiian forest fires, which have killed scores and devastated the island of Maui, Harris laughed and responded awkwardly, the footage shows.

“Excuse me, Madam Vice President 👤Kamala Harris, we are in a climate emergency and in the midst of a climate emergency,” the protester said. “Eighty people are dying, are dying in 🌺Hawaii, 80 people have died. Thousands are displaced by the climate chaos and we are there, we are wondering,” he continued, before Harris interrupted him and laughed, saying “I’m speaking.”