Scott Wiener Says Gaza Protesters Touched and Surrounded Him at Trans March, Citing 40.7% Primary Win
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 1
Scott Wiener Says Gaza Protesters Touched and Surrounded Him at Trans March, Citing 40.7% Primary Win
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 1
Summary
Wiener said Gaza activists physically touched him and surrounded him at San Francisco’s Trans March on Friday, forcing him to leave Dolores Park because he feared for his safety.
CBS video showed protesters screaming over Gaza as he walked away; Wiener said the encounter crossed from protected speech into intimidation because people ran toward him, boxed him in and tried to bully him out.
The Jewish Democratic state senator said accusations that he had “Israeli handlers” were antisemitic, calling them a classic dual-loyalty trope and saying Jewish elected officials were being singled out.
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, the California Senate Democratic Caucus and the Legislative LGBTQ Caucus condemned the confrontation as hateful and antisemitic.
Wiener, who won 40.7% in the June 2 primary for Nancy Pelosi’s former House seat, says Israel should exist but has called Netanyahu’s government an “abomination” and opposed U.S. military funding for Israel.