Caitlyn Jenner confronted anti-Israel protesters outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, accusing them of “vitriolic anti-Semitism.”
The former Olympian approached the group on the way to dinner in Washington DC.
Recording the interaction on his phone, he stopped to challenge them, saying “100 million Jews” before taunting the crowd on the way to the venue.
Sharing the video on Sunday, she said she was “harassed and harassed” and wrote: “Shame on the hundreds of terrorist sympathizers and Hamas lovers outside last night’s #WHCD who were far from peaceful.”
The protesters are demanding a ceasefire and wanted journalists to boycott the dinner in protest of the government’s support for Israel.
Caitlyn Jenner approached the group on her way to dinner in Washington DC on Saturday night.
Recording the interaction on his phone, he stopped to challenge them and said “100 million Jews” before criticizing the crowd.
Sharing the video on Sunday, she said she was “harassed and harassed.”
In the video, Jenner walks through the crowd, stops to talk to a protester and asks, “What’s your name?”
The crowd shouts “Free Palestine” as she walks away, turning to film the crowd before police take her to the scene.
Police then detain the crowd as one person shouts, “you’re so old, please go home.”
Sharing the video and a photo of herself criticizing the crowd, Jenner wrote: ‘There is no place for you or your vitriolic anti-Semitism in this country.
“Fuck you, we don’t tolerate terrorism here.”
He then shared a photo of his manager, Sophia Hutchins, also disturbing the crowd.
He added: ‘After my manager, Sophia Hutchins, and I were harassed and harassed by Hamas terrorist sympathizers on our way to #WHCD, she had a very similar message for them.
‘Surround yourself with a team of fighters – it’s the only way!’ and called for the re-election of Donald Trump.
His manager, Sophia Hutchins (right), also riled up the crowd.
Jenner shared the video and a photo of her criticizing the crowd and wrote, “There is no place for you or your vitriolic anti-Semitism in this country.”
They were attending the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
The protests forced Biden’s motorcade to take a different route from the White House to the Hilton.
At one point, the crowd of more than 100 chanted, “We Western media see you and all the horrors you hide.”
President Joe Biden did not mention the war in Gaza in his speech and instead gave a roast of the election year. mocking his age and shooting barbs at him donald trump.
“It’s been a year since I gave the speech and my wife, Jill, told me she was worried about how I would do,” Biden began.
“I said, ‘Don’t worry. It’s like riding a bike. “She said that’s what worries me,” Biden joked, referring to how she fell off her bike two years ago during a summer vacation in Rehoboth. Beach, Delaware.
Biden, 81, wasted no time getting to the November election, in which the two oldest candidates in US history will run. Trump will be 78 years old when Election Day arrives.
“Of course, the 2024 election is in full swing and yes, age is an issue,” Biden said. ‘I’m a grown man and I’m running against a six-year-old boy!’
President Joe Biden delivered an election-year roast at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday by mocking his age and taking shots at Donald Trump.
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A growing movement against the war in Gaza has dogged Biden this year, including at a $250-a-ticket March fundraiser at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, where protesters disrupted the event over the U.S. handling of the war. crisis in Gaza.
Protesters with signs chanted about the deaths of journalists in Gaza outside the Washington Hilton, the site of the annual meeting.
Hundreds of protesters encouraged journalists to boycott the event and shouted at administration officials as they entered.
Biden avoided large protests in front of the hotel by arriving through a back entrance, where he was greeted by smaller groups of protesters calling for a ceasefire.
Kelly O’Donnell, president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, declined to comment on security measures for the dinner.
“The safety of our protectees is the top priority of the United States Secret Service,” said US Secret Service spokesman Alexi Worley, who declined to comment further.
Israel’s six-month war against Hamas in Gaza, in response to the militant group’s October 7 attack on southern Israel, has killed more than 34,000 people, Palestinian health authorities say, and caused a disaster. humanitarian for the more than 2 inhabitants of the enclave. millions of inhabitants.
The Hamas attack killed 1,200 people in Israel and led to the taking of 253 hostages, according to Israeli counts.
The White House Correspondents’ Association was founded in 1914 and has held a dinner nearly every year since 1921 to celebrate reporters covering the presidency and raise money for scholarships.