OLD JOE HECKLED
Blaming ‘MAGA’?!
President Biden claimed Tuesday an anti-Israel heckler was a “MAGA Republican” as Biden was interrupted at a rally at least 10 times by protesters opposed to his support of the Israeli invasion of Gaza.
The 81-year-old president — speaking hours ahead of the results of the New Hampshire GOP primary — grew noticeably annoyed as activists flipped the script on the event — his first joint campaign rally of 2024 with Vice President Kamala Harris.
“Genocide Joe: How many kids have you killed today?” a man carrying a Palestinian flag bellowed at Biden at the Manassas, Va., rally, which was supposed to focus on federal abortion rights.
Moments later, a female heckler shouted, “Israel kills two mothers every hour!”
Biden supporters drowned out the disruptions with chants of “Four more years!” and “Let’s go, Joe!” during the president’s 19minute speech.
The sustained series of interruptions followed more isolated instances of heckling at recent events and may portend a trend for large Biden campaign events ahead of the November election.
“They feel deeply,” Biden said after the initial two disruptions by activists upset by Israel’s invasion of Gaza after Hamas terrorists killed 1,200 people in the Oct. 7 attacks on southern Israel.
After a third disruption, Biden said in a resigned tone, “This is gonna go on for a while.
“We’ve got a couple more of these, I think,” he told supporters in the 1,100-seat auditorium.
After being heckled for a sixth time, Biden added, “This is gonna go on for a while — they’ve got this planned.”
Biden appeared to grow irritated and accused his seventh heckler of being a “MAGA Republican” — even though former President Donald Trump, Biden’s likely opponent in the general election, is known for his staunch support of Israel.
“Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans including the woman hollering,” Biden said before pausing to collect himself and adding, “Frankly, Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans including the speaker of the House are hellbent on going even further [on abortion].”
Biden said in an exasperated tone to his ninth heckler, who was apparently on a balcony, “Look, please, don’t jump.”
Harris, who spoke before Biden, was not heckled. Uninterrupted, she accused Trump of unleashing a “health-care crisis” that has caused women to have “miscarriages in toilets.”
When he was able to get a word in during his own speech, Biden slammed Trump on abortion as well.