Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside a downtown Boston hotel where Vice President Kamala Harris was attending a fundraiser Thursday to protest the Biden administration's backing of the Israeli war effort.
The group marched around the Ritz Carlton, drawing a large police presence. Two people were arrested on charges of trespassing and resisting arrest, Boston police said.
Inside the hotel, Harris opened her remarks by affirming that she and the president support Israel's right to defend itself in response to the deadly surprise attack by Hamas in October. She also said that civilians shouldn't be intentionally targeted and that the administration has been "very active in making our position very clear, both with our friends and on the international stage."
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Harris was in Boston Thursday for a conversation on work apprenticeship programs at a union hall in Dorchester.
The protest was outside the Ritz Carlton in Boston, where Harris was reportedly set to attend a Democratic National Committee event. Her public schedule released in advance of the trip had noted that she would attend a campaign event in the city.
Harris was last in Boston this summer, when she spoke at the NAACP National Convention.
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