Vice President Kamala Harris was captured on camera smiling and clapping along to a Spanish song she didn't realize was mocking her.

The incident took place during Harris' visit to the Goyoco community center in the Santurce neighborhood of Puerto Rico's capital, San Juan, on Friday.

After taking a tour and hearing from center staff and community leaders, Harris stopped in a courtyard where a group of musicians was performing, according to Fox News Digital.

In a video shared on X, formerly Twitter, the 59-year-old politician can be seen smiling, clapping her hands and bopping her head while listening to a man singing in Spanish.

However, Harris immediately stopped clapping and nodding after a woman identified by the Daily Mail as Mariana Reyes, executive director at La Goyco, whispered something into her ear.

Fox News identified the song as a Puerto Rican protest song and reported that Reyes appeared to have translated the lyrics for Harris.

"We want to know, Kamala / What did you come here for? / We want to know, Kamala," the man sang, according to a translation by X user Istra Pacheco. "The vice president is here making history. We want to know what she thinks of the colony."

"Long live Free Palestine and Haiti, too," he added.

Harris' trip to the island nation was met with demonstrations protesting Puerto Rico's territorial status and demanding a ceasefire in Gaza.

Protesters stood on or burned American flags in the street and held up signs that read, "Kamala Harris war criminal," among others.

"She is not welcome here," one unnamed protester said, according to the Associated Press.


During her trip, Harris highlighted the Biden administration's aid and efforts to support the island nation's recovery and renewal efforts following Hurricane Maria.

The hurricane, one of the deadliest in U.S. history, killed nearly 3,000 people in Puerto Rico and left millions without electricity for months.

Before flying back to the U.S. mainland Friday evening, Harris also attended a Democratic fundraiser hosted by developer Nicholas Prouty at his upscale apartment complex, the AP reported.

"We are going to win," Harris said of the upcoming general election during the campaign event, adding that "everything is at stake."

The trip marked Harris' first visit to Puerto Rico as vice president.

She previously visited the island nation as a senator in 2017 after hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated the territory.

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