White House non-essential staff were evacuated as protesters forced back the fencing barrier in largest pro-Palestinian protest since Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel.
Pro-Palestinian protesters swarmed the White House perimeter on Saturday, forcing the Secret Service and D.C. Police to intervene.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched toward the White House in response to the U.S. and UK’s joint air strikes on Houthi militias in Yemen on Friday.
HAPPENING NOW!!!
A massive protest as hundreds of thousands march towards the White House in solidarity with Palestine.
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— sarah (@sahouraxo) January 13, 2024
The protesters were seen shaking the fence as they yelled, “Fuck Joe Biden” and “Allahu Akbar.”
?: DC police and Secret Service had to rush to one part of the security fence to prevent a breach from the Palestinian crowd. pic.twitter.com/CQFkE6q9nn
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) January 13, 2024
?: Palestinian protesters aggressively shake and hit the security fence outside the White House.@FrontlinesTPUSA@TPUSA pic.twitter.com/rmJUx9d9ZT
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) January 13, 2024
Angry chants of “Allahu Akbar” and “F*ck Joe Biden” as protesters breach the protective fence around the White House don’t really give “peaceful protest” vibes. pic.twitter.com/n9QXYdMUXC
— Cameron Khansarinia (@khansarinia) January 14, 2024
Protesters were seen shaking the fence so hard that parts of it were moved back.
Palestinian protesters have shaken the fence so hard that they have moved portions of it back.@FrontlinesTPUSA @TPUSA pic.twitter.com/DOcz4DF8lg
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) January 13, 2024
Secret Service agents dressed in riot gear were seen behind the fence.
Secret Service agents behind the security fence are in riot gear. pic.twitter.com/bObBIGXWht
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) January 13, 2024
Non-essential staff were evacuated from the White House in response to the mostly peaceful protest.
Joe Biden was not at the White House, but at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland at the time.
????? The White House has been EVACUATED of non-essential staff due to a LARGE pro-Palestinian protest across the street.
I personally witnessed several snipers on the roof of the White House. pic.twitter.com/UofzZObKI0
— Jackson Hinkle ?? (@jacksonhinklle) January 14, 2024
“White House staff ‘displaced’ after pro-Palestinian rioters damaged anti-Palestinian fencing and threw objects at police ,” Fox News said in a statement. It is clarified that the protests began after the United States and Great Britain launched strikes against the Houthis in… pic.twitter.com/LD4msykSac
— Mister J. – مسٹر جے (@Angryman_J) January 14, 2024
Mostly peaceful protest at the White House
— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) January 14, 2024
An individual was also spotted wearing a patch for Al Qassim Brigades, a Hamas terror group affiliate.
A DC cop working the protests outside the Whitehouse sent me this picture. This patch is Al Qassim Brigades, a Hamas terror group. He said the guys dressed like this were spotting and assessing (which is done to collect intel). pic.twitter.com/9ppfNs3Mrg
— Shoe (@samosaur) January 14, 2024
The protest was the largest pro-Palestinian demonstration in the U.S. since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, The Guardian reported.
The protest, called a march on Washington for Gaza, was promoted as likely to be the largest pro-Palestinian demonstration in the US since the 7 October attack on southern Israel by Hamas fighters emerging from Gaza, which killed almost 1,200 people and led to a massive military response from Israel, backed by the US government.
In light of protesters violently shaking the White House fence, it’s worth pointing out that the FBI and DOJ have declared from Jan. 6 that shaking a federal fence is an act of terrorism and punishable by jail time.
That’s what federal prosecutors argued during veteran Joe Biggs’s Jan. 6 case, who was subsequently sentenced to 17 years in prison.
FBI, DOJ, @USAO_DC & @USDC_DCCircuit have taught ?? from Jan 6 that shaking a federal fence is punishable by jail time & an act of terrorism
No exceptions.
Judge Tim Kelly sentenced Joe Biggs with a terrorism enhancement
Kelly declared shaking a fence was an act of terrorism https://t.co/JtzQcBCQE0 pic.twitter.com/pFj0tv6Nr6
— NOVA Campaigns (@NoVA_Campaigns) January 14, 2024
Will the Secret Service or the D.C. Police apply that same standard in this case?
The crowd is now mostly gone. Here’s the aftermath of all the different items people in the crowd threw at DC police and Secret Service who were guarding the White House. pic.twitter.com/zgaFKpQLSE
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) January 14, 2024
That’s doubtful given no arrests were reportedly made.
