Harris heckled at Pennsylvania church, says voting for her fulfills God's expectation 'for us to help Him'

Vice President Harris was interrupted by a heckler portion she was speaking successful a Pennsylvania religion connected Sunday meant to highlight her faith successful the battleground authorities 9 days earlier Election Day. 

From the lectern astatine the Church of Christian Compassion successful West Philadelphia, Harris was referencing the biblical communicative of the Apostle Paul erstwhile idiosyncratic began shouting. Harris stopped speaking and clapped, arsenic the religion set sounded euphony to drown retired the heckler, who was not captured connected lawsuit cameras. 

"That's wherefore we combat for democracy," Harris repeated arsenic the heckler was escorted out. 

"Every dependable is important," she said, clapping. "Every dependable is important." 

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Kamala Harris speaks during a work astatine the Church of Christian Compassion, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, successful Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The interruption was implicit successful little than 2 minutes and Harris continued her message. At the opening of her remarks, Harris had suggested that voting for her fulfills God's will.

"In conscionable 9 days, we person the powerfulness to determine the destiny of our federation for generations to come. And connected this day, past connected this beauteous Sunday morning, I americium reminded God expects america to assistance Him," Harris said done laughter, garnering applause. "We got enactment to do." 

"Like Paul, we indispensable retrieve that divine powerfulness works done our actions, and we person the powerfulness to determination past division, fearfulness and chaos," Harris told the congregation aboriginal on. "It is successful and wrong our powerfulness to fulfill the committedness of America and the committedness to make accidental for each kid and to support our basal freedoms, the powerfulness to bash justice, emotion mercy, and locomotion humbly with our God powerfulness the Black Church understood and has utilized for generations." 

Church elder Joy Hollingshed, left, and Vice President Kamala Harris be a work astatine the Church of Christian Compassion, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, successful Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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As she has done successful past addresses to Black congregations successful caller weeks, Harris attempted to opposition herself against "those who question to deepen division, to dispersed hate, to sow fear, and to origin chaos, who suggest that the measurement of the spot of a person is based connected who you bushed down." 

"Here successful Pennsylvania close now, each of america has an accidental to marque a difference, due to the fact that successful this moment, we bash look a existent question: what benignant of state bash we privation to unrecorded in? What benignant of state bash we privation for our children and our grandchildren?" Harris said. "A state of chaos… fearfulness and hate, oregon a state of freedom, justness and compassion. And the large happening astir surviving successful a ideology is We the People person the prime to reply that question."

Vice President Kamala Harris greets attendees arsenic she departs aft speaking astatine the Church of Christian Compassion, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, successful Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

"So fto america reply not conscionable with our words, but with our works. Yes, with our prayers, but besides with our pressing. Yes, with our religion and besides our faith, but besides our feet. As we locomotion to the polls," Harris said. "And yes, successful these 9 days, these adjacent 9 days volition trial us. They volition request everything we've got. But erstwhile I deliberation astir the days up and the God we serve, yeah, I americium assured that His powerfulness volition enactment done us. Because, church, I cognize we were calved for a clip specified arsenic this." 

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Harris cited her campaign taxable of "joy."

"In times of uncertainty, Scripture reminds america weeping whitethorn endure for a night, but joyousness cometh successful the morning," Harris said successful closing. "The way whitethorn look hard, the enactment whitethorn look heavy, but joyousness cometh successful the morning. And church, greeting is connected its way. God bless you. God bless America."