Vice President Kamala Harris dodged reporters on the campaign trail Monday, creating another awkward moment as she left a restaurant in Detroit, Michigan.
Harris made a campaign stop at Joe Louis Southern Kitchen to order food, but did not allow reporters to accompany her to the establishment.
As she walked quickly out of the restaurant with what appeared to be a bag of takeout food, a reporter shouted a question about the details surrounding the Gaza terror group Hamas accepting a ceasefire.
‘Shrimp and grits. You wanted to know? Shrimp and grits,” Harris said quickly, without stopping and hopping into a waiting SUV.
The vice president was in Detroit, Michigan, on Monday to highlight economic opportunities for Black-owned businesses.
The popular Joe Louis Southern Kitchen is a black-owned business that serves a breakfast and lunch menu.
The menu includes a BBQ Cajun smoked turkey leg, gingerbread, specialty pancakes, chicken and waffles and Creole shrimp and grits
“We all know that black entrepreneurs do not lack ideas and ambition, but often lack the capital needed to turn an idea into a thriving business,” she said during a speech.
US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks as she embarks on a nationwide ‘Economic Opportunity Tour’
US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks as she embarks on a nationwide ‘Economic Opportunity Tour’ in Atlanta, Georgia
Harris was joined in her speech by Acting Secretary Julie Su and Deputy Small Business Administrator Dilawar Syed, and U.S. Secretary of Energy and former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm.
She noted that Black business owners were three times less likely to apply for loans from banks for fear of being rejected.
Harris promoted more federal spending on new programs to help community banks make more business loans.
She also promised to address “disparities” in the real estate market to boost Black home ownership.
“As a result of lasting legacies, of structural inequities like segregation, redlining and so-called urban renewal, Black Americans today are 40 percent less likely to own a home,” she said.