Vice President Kamala Harris defended Detroit during an appearance Tuesday with nationally popular Black radio host Charlamagne Tha God just days after Donald Trump disparaged the key swing state city in a rambling speech delivered there.

Can you imagine, you go to a city and you say you want the votes of those people, and then you disparage the city? the Democratic nominee for president said during a special hourlong afternoon edition of Charlamagnes syndicated morning show. Thats what he did in Detroit.

Harris appearance was designed to shore up her standing with Black men, who are among the several specific demographics targeted by the coup-attempting former president as he runs to regain the White House and stay out of prison.

Harris took questions from both in-studio guests of Charlamagne whose real name is Lenard Larry McKelvey as well as listeners who sent in questions remotely. The afternoon show was broadcast from Detroit, where Harris arrived late Monday on the first day of what will be an 11-day campaign swing through the seven states where the election will likely be determined.

Some questions were about her record as a prosecutor in California and the false claim that she had sent thousands of Black men to prison for possessing marijuana.

Its just simply not true. And what public defenders who were around those days will tell you is I was the most progressive prosecutor in California on marijuana cases, she said. Would not send people to jail for simple possession of weed.

In fact, despite the war on drugs crackdown in the 1980s and 1990s, very few people were sent to prison for merely possessing marijuana, as opposed to selling it in large quantities or possessing it while committing a violent crime.

When asked whether Black people deserve reparations because of the wealth their enslaved ancestors generated for their owners and the nation but enjoyed no part of themselves, Harris said the issue should be studied but quickly pivoted to how her economic proposals, including a $6,000 child tax credit and a $25,000 grant to first-time home buyers, would help Black people.

And she received several questions about Trumps autocratic statements of late, including saying he might use the U.S. military against Americans who oppose his policies.