Undoubtedly, the photos and videos that came out of Washington, D.C. Saturday evoked memories of 1939 for many in America especially in the Jewish community as pro-Hamas demonstrators took to the streets to call for “intifada” and accuse President Joe Biden, as Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) did Friday, of genocide because of his stated support for Israel.
As you can see from clips earlier in the day Saturday, it was a large crowd – and one that would get far more incendiary as the day wore on:
At dusk, things started turning uglier as the “mostly peaceful” rioters smeared red paint hand prints on a White House grounds entranceway and attempted to storm the White House gate, with at least one climbing over it and waving a Palestinian flag at Secret Service agents who were standing not far away. Nearby monuments in Lafayette Park were also defaced with pro-Palestinian propaganda including flags and signs with “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” on them, an anti-Semitic message also seen in the video Tlaib posted Friday:
Comparisons between this and the Capitol riots were inevitable, with some including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) wondering if the worst offenders from the pro-Hamas march would get the J6 treatment from Biden’s DOJ and FBI:
Perhaps the saddest commentary on it all came from Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas), who noted that parts of America don’t look like America right now:
As to where Joe Biden was:
Leaders lead, especially in times of crisis. Joe Biden, on the other hand, goes on vacation. Just pathetic.
— Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym “Sister Toldjah” and can be reached via Twitter. —
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