Scott Wiener Says Harassment Forced Him Out of 22nd San Francisco Trans March Over Israel Stance
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Updated · Mission Local · Jun 28
Scott Wiener Says Harassment Forced Him Out of 22nd San Francisco Trans March Over Israel Stance
3 articles · Updated · Mission Local · Jun 28
Summary
Scott Wiener said protesters at San Francisco’s Trans March verbally and physically harassed him Friday — including physical contact — forcing him to leave before participating for the first time in 22 years.
Video viewed millions of times shows the state senator being surrounded in Dolores Park and denounced over his past support for Israel, even after he began calling Israel’s actions in Gaza a genocide earlier this year.
Dimitry Yakoushkin, the activist who filmed the confrontation, said the protest was spontaneous and driven by Gaza politics, while rejecting efforts to conflate it with the homophobic and antisemitic abuse Wiener often faces from the right.
The incident also landed in Wiener’s race to replace Nancy Pelosi in Congress; rival Connie Chan appeared to march without disruption as national media and partisan accounts amplified the footage.
San Francisco’s Trans March has a history of rejecting politicians across factions: Mayor Ed Lee was booed offstage in 2016, and Mayor Daniel Lurie was jeered out of the event last year.