California State Senator Scott Wiener was met with shouting, boos, and raised middle fingers at San Francisco's Trans March in Dolores Park on Saturday, after attendees confronted him over his past support for Israel. Mayor Daniel Lurie called the incident antisemitic, and Wiener said he left because the crowd made it impossible to stay safely.
California State Senator Scott Wiener, a progressive Jewish Democrat, was confronted and harassed by a crowd at San Francisco's Trans March on Saturday, after participants targeted him for his past support for Israel. Videos from the event show Wiener walking through Dolores Park as attendees shouted, booed, and raised middle fingers. Mayor Daniel Lurie condemned the incident as "targeted, hateful, and antisemitic." Wiener stated that he left because the crowd made it impossible for him to remain safely at the Pride event.
As The Zioneer reported on June 27, Wiener was similarly jeered at the San Francisco Pride parade after refusing to chant "Free Palestine." The same weekend, the Trans March saw clashes involving protesters carrying keffiyehs and Palestinian and Iranian flags attacking police, with five arrests and two injured officers — underscoring rising political tensions within LGBTQ+ events over the Israel-Gaza war. The harassment of Wiener, who has been a vocal critic of Israeli policy in Gaza, points to a pattern in which even progressive Jewish figures who shift toward anti-Israel rhetoric are still targeted by activists.
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