Democrats chastised pop singer Lizzo for saying America will look like Detroit if Vice President Kamala Harris wins the election.
The “Truth Hurts” singer, who is a native of Detroit, appeared alongside the Democratic presidential nominee at Western International High School on October 19.
It was supposed to be a celebrity endorsement for Harris, but it ended in disaster when Lizzo made the unscripted comment in front of cameras.
“They say if Kamala wins, then this whole country will be like Detroit,” Lizzo said.
Realizing her error, Lizzo tried to backtrack.
“Well, I say proud like Detroit, resilient like Detroit. The same Detroit that innovated the auto industry and the music industry. Put some respect on Detroit’s name,” she added.
However, Detroit is one of the nation’s most poverty stricken cities. A recent study shows more than half of Detroit’s residents live in poverty.
Detroit’s population peaked at 1.8 million in the 1950s. But that number has dwindled over the decades as residents fled the city.
Just over a decade ago, city officials filed for federal bankruptcy protection after a years-long financial crisis.
Democrats blasted Lizzo on social media. Many wondered who said such a thing about Harris and Detroit. They wondered if Lizzo simply made it up.
One person wrote on X.com: “Regardless of Lizzo’s strenuous efforts to spin it, all that will be ringing in people’s subconscious is: ‘Kamala will turn America into impoverished, run down, and unsafe, Detroit’.”
Another person wrote: “So Lizzo just told us the entire country will go to hell just like Detroit if we vote for Kamala!”
A fan noted that Lizzo flew to Detroit on a private jet. “Brags about Kamala turning the whole country into a poverty stricken Detroit – Struts onto private jet to prove she knows nothing about poverty.”
