Oakland: Democratic Senator from California Kamala Harris on Sunday officially launched her campaign for the 2020 Presidential Elections.
Speaking at the launch event in Oakland, California, Harris said, “People in power are trying to convince us that the villain in our American story is each other”.
She further attacked President Donald Trump over his proposed wall along the southern border with Mexico, terming it a “medieval vanity project”.
During Harris’ address, a heckler in the crowd expressed his opposition to Harris’ anti-wall stance and shouted, “You murdered Corporal Singh,” in reference to the murder of Newman Police Department’s Ronal Singh by an undocumented immigrant from Mexico.
According to media reports, a suspected drunk driver shot Singh in December last year after the latter pulled him over. The Mexico native had reportedly crossed the border in Arizona several years ago and worked a number of jobs. He was also suspected to have had gang affiliations.
While Harris ’ crowd drowned out the heckler with chants of “Kamala!” Singh’s death has been a talking point for Trump to advocate for his wall.
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