‘Jesus Is Lord’—Pro-Life College Students Say Kamala Harris Mocked Them As They Were Kicked Out of Rally

Vice President Kamala Harris made headlines over the weekend for how she appeared to respond after two college students called out, “Jesus is Lord,” during one of her rallies. The students are claiming they were kicked out of Harris’ rally in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and that Harris mocked them after they heckled her.

“We did God’s work, and we were there for the right reasons, and God was watching us,” said Grant Beth, one of two pro-life students who called out, “Jesus is Lord,” while Harris was discussing her views on abortion. “I’m all about being a cordial person regardless of your beliefs,” he said in an interview with Fox News, “but I do believe that we were sent there by God.”

Kamala Harris Rally Controversy

As Election Day draws near, candidates from the Trump-Vance campaign and the Harris-Walz campaign are continuing to attempt to secure votes from people of faith. Harris, however, is drawing negative attention from some Christians for the interaction that took place in La Crosse Friday, although the exact dynamics of that interaction are not entirely clear.

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At a rally at the University of Wisconsin in La Crosse Friday, Oct. 17, Harris appeared to react to Grant Beth and his friend, Luke Polaske, who called out the name of Jesus, by telling them they were at the “wrong rally.” During her speech, the vice president mentioned abortion and criticized former President Donald Trump for choosing U.S. Supreme Court justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade, adding “and they did as he intended.”

Video footage from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel shows that Harris paused after that comment and then said, “Oh, you guys are at the wrong rally,” after which the crowd cheered. It is difficult to hear anything in that video during Harris’ pause besides people’s voices in the background. 

Harris then waved and smiled, adding, “No, I think you meant to go to the smaller [rally] down the street.” The crowd cheered as the vice president gestured and said, “Come on.” 

At least two videos that captured the moment from within the audience recorded the voice of someone in the crowd yelling, “Jesus is Lord!” Right after that comment, Harris can be heard saying, “Oh, you guys are at the wrong rally.” It is not certain from the footage whether Harris was responding to the words about Jesus or to something else. 

University of Wisconsin students Luke Polaske and Grant Beth told Fox that they were the people in the audience protesting during Harris’ speech and that the vice president was speaking to them after they called out, “Christ is King!” and “Jesus is Lord!”

Polaske and Beth are pro-life students who said event volunteers escorted them out of the event and told the students they were not welcome. Beth said an elderly woman pushed him, and “we were heckled at, we were cursed at, we were mocked.”