Pop star Lizzo was ripped online after she claimed that if VP Kamala Harris is elected president “the whole country will be like Detroit” at a rally for the Dem candidate in her hometown.
Harris appeared with the “Truth Hurts” singer at a rally in the motor city Saturday where the two sang the city’s praises after former president Trump had disparaged it at an appearance at the Detroit Economic Club last week.
“I mean, the whole country is going to be like — you want to know the truth — it’ll be like Detroit… Our whole country will end up being like Detroit.”
.@lizzo: I’m so proud to be from Detroit. They say if Kamala Harris wins, the whole country will be like Detroit. 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 pic.twitter.com/fSWMGCW0uH
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) October 19, 2024
The singer echoed the former president’s sentiment but attempted to put a positive spin on it.
“They say if Kamala Harris wins, the whole country will be like Detroit. Proud like Detroit. Resilient like Detroit,” Lizzo said to cheers from the crowd.
The automaking hub was once the center of American industry, but has seen a significant economic downturn as American car manufacturers offshored jobs and the country began importing more foreign automobiles.
Detroit currently has an 8.8 percent unemployment rate, more than twice the national average.
Social media users were quick to pan the “Good as Hell” singer’s claims.
“Lizzo said, “If Kamala wins, the whole country will be like Detroit,” as she spoke at Kamala rally in Michigan. Does anyone else see a problem with that, or just me?” one account posted.
“My theory has been that Democrats know everything is about to collapse and they actually want Trump to win,” comedian David Angelo wrote in a post on X which included the video.
