Vice President Kamala Harris, in assuming the role of Democratic nominee from President Joe Biden, also inherited some of his problematic baggage, including serious distrust among the anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian portion of the Democratic Party's far-left flank.

Harris was interrupted multiple times by pro-Palestinian protesters during a brief speech at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Friday, according to Fox News.

One of the protesters appeared to imply that Harris was complicit in alleged Israeli war crimes and genocide while another ranted loudly and repeatedly shouted "Free Palestine" as he was removed by security.

Interrupted by protesters

On Friday, as part of her effort to win over voters in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania, VP Harris traveled to the decidedly Republican-leaning Luzerne County and delivered a roughly 30-minute speech at a rally in Wilkes-Barre.

About halfway through her remarks, according to the Daily Mail, a pro-Palestinian leftist protester stood and seemed to accuse Harris of being a "war criminal" because of her apparent backing of continued U.S. support for Israel amid its ongoing war against Hamas terrorists in Gaza.

"Hey listen, now is the time to get a hostage deal and ceasefire -- we have been working around the clock to get that done," Harris said in response to the disruptive protester. "And I respect your voice, but right now -- I am speaking."

A few moments later, the Democratic nominee was interrupted again by another pro-Palestinian protester who loudly expressed his support for Dr. Cornel West, an anti-Israel far-left progressive and independent presidential candidate.

The Daily Mail reported that Harris largely ignored that disruption and continued with her speech while some of her supporters in the crowd shouted down and heckled the demonstrator until he was removed.

The "Uncommitted" movement

Though unconfirmed, it seems possible, if not likely, that the pro-Palestinian protesters who disrupted VP Harris' campaign speech in Wilkes-Barre are affiliated or at least share interests with the so-called "Uncommitted National Movement" that sprang up during the Democratic primary as a protest vote vehicle against President Joe Biden's expressed support for Israel.

The Uncommitted organization bills itself as a progressive anti-war group but, in reality, it is little more than a predominately Muslim anti-Israel movement that is demanding, among other things, an "immediate and permanent ceasefire" between Israel and Hamas, an "arms embargo" against Israel, and an end to Israel's "long-term siege on Gaza."

In addition to garnering attention with disruptive protests, the organization succeeded in winning hundreds of thousands of "uncommitted" votes in Democratic primary elections in crucial swing states across the country and even earned a few dozen delegates at the Democratic National Convention, though the movement was not granted a requested opportunity to speak their piece at that quadrennial event.

However, their efforts may nonetheless prove impactful in the general election, as the Hamas-linked Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) recently shared the results of a survey it conducted of Muslim voters in battleground states which found that far-left anti-Israel Green Party nominee Jill Stein was beating Harris in Arizona, Michigan, and Wisconsin, and was just barely trailing the incumbent VP in Georgia and Pennsylvania.

Harris barely ahead in the polls

As for broader polling of the key state of Pennsylvania, RealClearPolling has VP Harris leading former President Trump by just 0.1 points in a head-to-head matchup, though she performs slightly better with a 1.8-point lead when third-party candidates are added into the mix.

Nationally, the RCP average shows Harris with a marginal 1.7-point lead over Trump and also reveals that the major battleground states are all effectively statistically tied tossups at this point in the 2024 race.