Pop star Lizzo caused a stir after promising to make America look like Detroit if Kamala Harris was elected to the White House.
The singer, 36, a native of Motor City, appeared. next to the Democratic presidential candidate at Western International High School in the city.
The star, whose real name is Melissa Viviane Jefferson, said: ‘I’m very proud to be from this city, you know, they say if Kamala wins, the whole country will be like Detroit.
‘Proud like Detroit, resilient like Detroit. The same Detroit that innovated the automotive industry and the music industry. Give some respect to the Detroit name.
His comments have since been criticized on social media after users pointed out that the city has been in a state of decay and decay for decades.
The singer, 36, from the Motor City, appeared alongside the Democratic presidential candidate at the city’s Western International High School.
His comments have since been criticized on social media after users pointed out that the city has been in a state of decay and decay for decades.
One person wrote: “Regardless of Lizzo’s strenuous efforts to turn it around, the only thing that will resonate in people’s subconscious is: ‘Kamala will turn America into an impoverished, run-down, unsafe Detroit.'”
Another added: “If Kamala is elected, the whole country will look like Detroit.” A decimated automobile industry. One of the top ten cities in crime statistics.
Another commented: ‘So Lizzo just told us the whole country will go to hell like Detroit if we vote for Kamala!’
After the clip was widely shared on X, another said: “That was Trump’s endorsement if I ever had one.” Ha ha ha.’
The singer broke into her song ‘About Damn Time’ during the event after those gathered at the rally shouted that they couldn’t hear her.
She appeared with the vice president to host an event urging Michiganders to get out and vote as the city’s first day of early voting began.
Harris urged her supporters to make an all-out effort to win on Election Day on November 5.
She said, “And what I think we all know is that, on Election Day, we don’t want to regret what we could have done over the next 17 days and on November 5.”
Speaking to reporters, he added: “Donald Trump has proven himself to be increasingly unstable and inadequate and is trying to push us back.”
Harris urged her supporters to make an all-out effort to win on Election Day during her appearance in the Motor City.
A little more than a decade ago, the city filed for federal bankruptcy protection after a years-long financial crisis. The image above is from 2019.
Detroit had about 1.8 million residents in the 1950s, but numbers dwindled as tens of thousands of white residents fled to the suburbs, followed years later by the black middle class.
These difficulties extended into the 21st century as the auto industry shrank and jobs dried up.
A little more than a decade ago, the city filed for federal bankruptcy protection after a years-long financial crisis.
With debts exceeding $18 billion, the city could no longer pay its bills and could not provide basic services to its residents.
This caused thousands of people to flee elsewhere and the city suffered an unprecedented population decline. The numbers fell to approximately 685,000 by the end of 2012.
However, in recent years it is slowly beginning to revitalize, with jobs more readily available and real estate prices rising.
The city poured funds into infrastructure and construction projects, including the famed Michigan Central Station, which reopened in July after 30 years of sitting empty.
It was considered one of the most violent cities in the United States, but crime rates have slowly begun to decline.
The city ended 2023 with 252 homicides, the fewest recorded since 1966, and a 16 percent drop in non-fatal shootings, according to the Detroit Police Department.