{"id":498210,"date":"2026-03-01T22:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T22:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/498210\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T22:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T22:07:11","slug":"harris-on-iran-trump-has-dragged-america-into-a-war-that-we-dont-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/498210\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris on Iran: &#8216;Trump has dragged America into a war that we don&#8217;t want&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice President Kamala Harris criticized President Donald Trump over his actions in Iran during a visit to Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Harris was in Madison Sunday for a book tour event the day after the U.S. and Israel started launching strikes with the goal of overthrowing the Iranian regime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the last 48 hours Donald Trump has dragged America into a war that we don\u2019t want,\u201d Harris told the crowd at the ticketed event at the Orpheum Theater.<\/p>\n<p>                            News with a little more humanity<\/p>\n<p class=\"gform_description\">WPR\u2019s \u201cWisconsin Today\u201d newsletter keeps you connected to the state you love without feeling overwhelmed. No paywall. No agenda. No corporate filter.<\/p>\n<p>The former vice president added that, according to media reports, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us-military-says-three-its-service-members-killed-iran-operation-2026-03-01\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">three American soldiers have died<\/a> as a result of what she referred to as an \u201cunauthorized war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The strikes from the U.S. came <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/02\/28\/nx-s1-5730203\/iran-israel-trump-congress-strikes-reaction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">without Congressional approval. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump announced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/02\/28\/nx-s1-5436832\/white-house-confirms-death-of-irans-supreme-leader-ayatollah-ali-khamenei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">death of Iran\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei<\/a>, on Truth Social Saturday. The Republican president also warned Iran that retaliatory strikes would result in further attacks from the U.S. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260301_HARRIS04-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A stage event features Kamala Harris in conversation with a moderator, with a large screen displaying 107 Days and event details in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-409457\"  \/>Former Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at an event alongside moderator V Spehar, left, on Sunday, March 1, 2026, at the Orpheum Theater in Madison, Wis. Angela Major\/WPR<\/p>\n<p>Harris was in Wisconsin\u2019s solidly liberal capital city to plug <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/09\/23\/nx-s1-5550250\/kamala-harris-book-107-days-highlights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u201c107 Days.\u201d <\/a>The book details Harris\u2019 sprint-like campaign for president after then-President Joe Biden dropped out midway through the race.<\/p>\n<p>Harris gave her remarks to a nearly-full theater. At one point, Harris elicited excited shouts from the crowd, when she asked for recommendations on what brand of cheese curds she should bring back from Wisconsin for her great-nieces.<\/p>\n<p>The start of Harris\u2019 remarks were interrupted by the sound of someone calling out \u201cAnd then you funded a genocide!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris\u2019 position on Israel\u2019s actions in Gaza caused splinters among the left during her unsuccessful campaign for president. <\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the first heckler interrupted Harris, a second person started shouting about funding ICE, also known as Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Audience members booed at the disruptions, and security escorted at least two people out of the theater.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260301_HARRIS03-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Two people sit and converse on a stage with microphones, surrounded by shelves displaying multiple copies of a book titled 107 Days.\" class=\"wp-image-409456\"  \/>Former Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at an event alongside moderator V Spehar, left, on Sunday, March 1, 2026, at the Orpheum Theater in Madison, Wis. Angela Major\/WPR<\/p>\n<p>The event\u2019s moderator, podcaster and TikTok host V Spehar, started drowning out the sounds of shouting by singing the lyrics to <a href=\"https:\/\/genius.com\/Sesame-street-sing-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sesame\u2019s Street\u2019s \u201cSing.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spehar then pivoted to a question about how activists can best fight for their goals. Harris responded by addressing the protestors. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a moment for quiet reflection, and there is \u2014 we had a person here just shouting out for reasons that I think we can all connect with, in terms of what we have seen, in terms of the atrocities,\u201d Harris added. \u201cI write about it in my book.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur administration should have done more,\u201d Harris added. \u201cI feel strongly about the fact that we have to be candid and honest about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris also referred to ICE\u2019s actions in Minneapolis, and seemed to reference the killings of Minnesotans Ren\u00e9e Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should talk about (the) feelings that we have right now, which include the fear when we have a president of the United States who has deployed federal agents against the will of the people to murder innocent civilians who are standing up for their neighbor,\u201d Harris said. \u201cIt is right to feel a sense of outrage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The interruptions came as Harris reminisced about her preschool years in south central Wisconsin. Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/captimes.com\/news\/government\/when-kamala-harris-was-a-child-of-madison\/article_e34f459a-e094-11ee-9194-af356b64fa39.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">lived in Madison<\/a> during 1968 and 1969, while her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/10\/30\/harris-final-pitch-childhood-haunts\/75949410007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">parents worked at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Harris told the audience about her <a href=\"https:\/\/captimes.com\/news\/government\/when-kamala-harris-was-a-child-of-madison\/article_e34f459a-e094-11ee-9194-af356b64fa39.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">2024 visit to her childhood home<\/a>, which overlooks Lake Mendota on Madison\u2019s far-west side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love coming back,\u201d Harris told the crowd. \u201cI was very young child, but the memories that I have from my childhood of Madison and Wisconsin were of the lake and walking down the trail to the lake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260301_HARRIS02-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"People walk past the Orpheum Theater, which has a marquee advertising \u201cA Conversation With Kamala Harris\u201d in March. Some snow is visible on the ground and sidewalk.\" class=\"wp-image-409455\"  \/>People walk up to the Orpheum Theater to hear Former Vice President Kamala Harris speak at an event Sunday, March 1, 2026, in Madison, Wis. Angela Major\/WPR<\/p>\n<p>Among the people in the crowd at the Orpheum was Stephanie Rahman.<\/p>\n<p>The Menominee resident said hearing from Harris felt reinvigorating.<\/p>\n<p>Rahman said she\u2019s concerned about issues including food insecurity, the economy and war resulting from the U.S. intervening in other countries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s just so much going on.\u201d Rahman said. \u201cWe just needed a little bit of hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another attendee, Betsy Wood of Fitchburg, said hearing Harris speak brought forward feelings of grief over \u201cwhat could have been.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wood said she sees a political future for Harris, but perhaps just in California rather than on the national stage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it were me, I would be too bruised to try and put myself forward at that level,\u201d Wood said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin Public Radio, \u00a9 Copyright 2026, Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and Wisconsin Educational Communications Board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Vice President Kamala Harris criticized President Donald Trump over his actions in Iran during a visit to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,1070,3,111,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-498210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-elections","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-politics","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}