- The two women called out racism and Islamophobia, but the campaign says they were banned for disrupting previous events
- Nevadans for Palestine Liberation, the group that posted the video, has encouraged voters to reconsider voting for the Biden-Harris ticket
Two women have accused an aide to Vice President Kamala Harris of barring them from a campaign event because they were wearing headscarves.
A video that has been viewed 1.8 million times on X appears to show two women being denied entry to a campaign event in Las Vegas this weekend.
The video, posted Tuesday morning by an account called Nevadans for Palestine Liberation, was filmed by a woman who can be heard but not seen.
She and another woman, who is briefly shown wearing a hijab – a headscarf worn by some Muslim women – confront a young man manning the event for not being allowed in despite an invitation.
The women question the staff, who is the Las Vegas Review-Journal report are from both the state and county Democratic Party on why they are being denied entry before they start claiming it is because of their headscarves.
A Democratic party spokesman said the women were banned for disrupting previous events.
Two Muslim women have accused Biden-Harris campaign staffers of Islamophobic discrimination after being barred from an event in Las Vegas this weekend
When staff do not respond to their questions immediately, the pair reprimands them with labels such as “racist” and “Islamophobic.”
“Is it because of our scarves?” one of the women asked after being told they weren’t allowed in.
The local newspaper reported that a Biden-Harris reelection campaign official said the two women were among a group of people who were not allowed to attend the event due to previous disruptions they had caused.
As passersby continue to stream into the event, the women tell them, “They (the campaign staff) are not inviting us because we have hijabs on our heads.”
The women then attempt to use identity politics to shame the staffers, berating the young man for apparently being part of the LGBT community and another black female staffer for persecuting another minority group.
In a statement, the campaign official said: “As a matter of policy, the campaign will invite individuals known to have disrupted previous events.”
In Nevada, pro-Palestinian activists tried to shut down an event earlier this month at which junior Sen. Jacky Rosen, a Democrat, was speaking.
One of the people present at that disruption was not allowed to attend the Saturday event.
When staff do not respond promptly to their questions, the pair scold them with labels such as ‘racist’ and ‘Islamophobic’
The women then attempt to use identity politics to shame the staffers, calling out the young man for apparently being part of the LGBT community and another black female staffer for persecuting another minority group (Muslims).
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“For all those voters who weren’t sure who to vote for in the upcoming election, ask yourself if you’re okay with the overt, blatant racism we’re seeing here from the Biden/Harris ticket,” read one The original video posts below.
“Not only are they financing and giving political cover to Israel to commit genocide against the Palestinian people, but they are also discriminating against Americans because of their religious beliefs.”
CAIR – the controversial Islamic advocacy organization – has called on the vice president to respond to the video.
“The American people deserve to know whether these women were profiled and excluded from an event with Vice President Harris because they were visibly Muslim,” Robert McCaw, the group’s government affairs director, said in a statement released by the Review-Journal .
“We encourage Vice President Harris to take appropriate action to address this apparent incident of profiling.”