A year ago, it would have been hard for me to imagine anything that would cause me to sympathize with the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and its attendees. A more disgraceful event, and a more disgraceful group of people, are hard to conceive of. But last night, the dinner was beset by kill-the-Jews protesters, an even worse gang:
"Shame on you!" pro-Palestinian protesters let their voices known to the members of the media entering the White House Correspondents' Dinner. A White House responsible for the genocide:pic.twitter.com/l5ostLGwwR
— HalalFlow (@halalflow) April 27, 2024
BREAKING: A Palestine solidarity demonstration gathers outside the entrance of the White House Correspondents Dinner, confronting celebs and high-profile guests as they arrive. pic.twitter.com/hfHyjdkijD
— BreakThrough News (@BTnewsroom) April 27, 2024
Reportedly, some of the kill-the-Jews gang even broke into the Washington Hilton where the event was taking place.
About the dinner itself, I have nothing to say. It is an event that reflects discredit on all who participate. Donald Trump had the right idea when, as president, he simply ignored it.
A certain irony, however should be noted: Joe Biden has repeatedly stabbed Israel in the back, in an effort to appease his party’s base. Yet he gets no credit from the fanatical anti-Semites among the Democrats. His party must view their convention–in Chicago!–with foreboding. Is there any doubt that a large group of anti-Semites will gather to disrupt the proceedings? The echoes of 1968 are obvious. Then, it was the Democrats who were home to the anti-war movement. And yet, it was the Democrats, not the Republicans, whose convention was destroyed by the Left.
The fiasco of the Chicago convention is often cited as one of the reasons why Richard Nixon won that election easily. (As a reminder of how much things have changed, Nixon carried California that year, while Humphrey carried Texas.) Let’s hope it happens again.
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