Animal Rights Activist Storms Stage, Grabs Sen. Kamala Harris's Mic At Forum In SF

[RhodeIslandOne]

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A protester stormed the stage and grabbed Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s mic before a crowd at the ‘Big Ideas’ forum, in San Francisco.

Senator Harris was whisked off the stage as others tried to wrest the microphone away from the man as he tried to address the crowd. He was soon hauled off by security.

The audience chanted for Harris to come back. She did.

No one was hurt.













[link:https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/06/01/animal-activist-jstorms-stage-grabs-sen-kamala-harriss-mic-big-ideas-forum-san-francisco/|

[DURHAM D]

1. Why was he wearing a Press badge? nt

[MustLoveBeagles]

3. Good question

[jmowreader]

12. There are a lot of alternative press organizations in the Bay Area

It wouldn't take much to generate a set of credentials for the "Animal Rights News Service" or something like that.

[MustLoveBeagles]

2. Kamala looked really shaken up by that

It's scary how easy it was for him to do that. He made an ass of himself and didn't do his cause any good.

[crazytown]

4. As Prosecutor Kamala endured countless death threats

and carried a gun in her purse. No doubt people with a grudge are still out there. RFK was murdered in California. Different times, but this is appalling.

[MustLoveBeagles]

11. I didn't know about the death threats against her

How awful for her.

[Opel_Justwax]

5. I'm sure his fellow animal rights supporters loved it.

Too bad she didn't say,"I'm paying for this microphone!"

[dalton99a]

6. They're pushing for a law that guarantees "species equality"

Perhaps they should share sleeping space with bed bugs - and living space with rats - as equals

[Opel_Justwax]

7. I have a family member that won't eat honey because it abuses the bees.

He won't eat fig newtons because wasps use them to lay eggs in the figs.

[MustLoveBeagles]

9. That would been funny

I'm all for animal rights but the extremists do the cause more harm than good with their stupid stunts.

[FearlessKamala2020]

8. Nothing short of terrifying how easy it was for this dude to do this. What took security so long!?

[MustLoveBeagles]

10. Yeah

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This guy was likely harmless but what if he hadn't been? This could've ended very badly. This incident needs to be taken seriously and future event planners need make sure that this doesn't happen again.

And welcome to DU

[FearlessKamala2020]

13. Yup

Agreed. Security definitely needs to be beefed up and alert going forward.

And thanks for the warm welcome. I appreciate it!

[Tipperary]

14. I wonder if he would have done that to a male candidate.

I bet not.

[Shrek]

15. They hit a Clinton cabinet member with a pie once

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-31-mn-35830-story.html

I remember it because he was my congressman for a long time before becoming Agriculture Secretary. It was covered pretty heavily on our local news.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

16. WTF is wrong with MoveOn's security?? That was unacceptable.

[MoonRiver]

17. I'm an animal rights activist, and I think that was incredibly stupid.

No activists I associate with would condone such behavior.