Caitlyn Jenner confronts anti-Israel mob outside White House Correspondents’ Dinner as she and socialite friend Sophia Hutchins flip them the bird
Caitlyn Jenner confronted anti-Israel protesters outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, accusing them of “toxic anti-Semitism.”
The former Olympian approached the group on their way to dinner in Washington DC
She recorded the interaction on her phone, stopping to challenge them and saying “100 million Jews” before pushing the crowd away on her way to the venue.
When she shared the video on Sunday, she said she was being “harassed” and wrote: “Shame on the hundreds of terrorist sympathizers and Hamas enthusiasts outside the #WHCD last night who were far from peaceful.”
The demonstrators are demanding a ceasefire and want journalists to boycott the dinner to protest the government’s support for Israel.
Caitlyn Jenner approached the group on their way to dinner in Washington DC on Saturday evening
She recorded the interaction on her phone, stopping to challenge them and saying “100 million Jews” before turning off the crowd
When she shared 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 back “Free Palestine” as she walks away and turns to film the crowd before police lead her away to the venue.
Police then hold back the crowd as one person shouts after her, “You’re so old, please go home.”
Sharing the video and a photo of herself turning through the crowd, Jenner wrote, “There is no place for you or your virulent anti-Semitism in this country.
“Go away, we won’t tolerate terrorism here.”
She then shared a photo of her manager Sophia Hutchins, who also shook off the crowd.
She 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.
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Her manager Sophia Hutchins (right) also impressed the crowd
Jenner shared the video and a photo of herself turning through the crowd, writing, “There is no place for you or your virulent anti-Semitism in this country.”
They attended 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 a hundred people chanted, “Western media, we see you, and all the horrors you hide.”
President Joe Biden made no mention of the war in Gaza in his speech and instead delivered an election year roast making fun of his age and firing barbs Donald Trump.
“It’s been a year since I gave the speech and my wife, Jill, told me she was worried about how I was going to do,” Biden began.
“I told her, ‘Don’t worry. It’s just like riding a bike. She said that’s what I’m worried about,” Biden joked, referring to the fact that he fell off his bike during a summer vacation in Rehoboth two years ago. Beach, Delaware.
Biden, 81, wasted no time in heading into the November election, which features the two oldest candidates in American history. Trump will be 78 by the time 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 taking on a six-year-old!”
President Joe Biden delivered an election year roast at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, making fun of his age and firing barbs at Donald Trump
US President Joe Biden responds as host Colin Jost addresses him
A growing movement against the war in Gaza has followed Biden this year, including at a $250-per-ticket fundraiser at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, where protesters disrupted the event for the U.S. handling of the Gaza crisis.
Protesters carrying banners 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 government officials as they entered.
Biden avoided the large protests at the front of the hotel by arriving through a rear entrance, where he was greeted by smaller groups of demonstrators 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 and security of our protected individuals is the top priority of the U.S. Secret Service,” said U.S. Secret Service spokesperson Alexi Worley, who declined to comment further.
Israel’s six-month war against Hamas in Gaza, in response to the October 7 attack by the militant group in southern Israel, has killed more than 34,000 people and caused a humanitarian disaster for its more than 2 million residents, according to Palestinian health authorities of the enclave. million inhabitants.
According to Israeli figures, the Hamas attack in Israel killed 1,200 people and took 253 hostage.
The White House Correspondents Association was founded in 1914 and has hosted a dinner almost every year since 1921 to honor the reporters who cover the presidency and raise money for college scholarships.