Posted on 11/24/2023 6:23:03 PM PST by Libloather
The Nantucket Christmas tree lighting that President Joe Biden was attending Friday evening with his family was interrupted by 'Free Palestine' protesters.
The president, first lady Jill Biden and their children and grandchildren were gathered alongside the tree in Nantucket's town square as the town crier led the countdown to get the tree illuminated.
But after that went off without a hitch - after technical difficulties last year - fewer than 10 protesters at the front of the crowd unveiled 'free Palestine' and 'end apartheid' signs, directly in the president's line of sight.
'Biden, Biden you can't hide. We charge you with genocide,' they chanted.
A man went up to the microphone to remind them 'this is a community tree lighting' and said that while he 'respected their right to the First Amendment' he encouraged them to stop.
They resisted, but their message was drowned out by the crowd's cheering and loud Christmas music playing.
The children's choir rushed over to the president in the interim.
The demonstrators were all Nantucket natives or currently live on the island.
'Nantucket Island has long been considered an exclusive vacation getaway for rich tourists. However, the protests on Friday night indicate that island residents are pushing back on their island and community being used as a safe haven for politicians and wealthy elites,' said a press release about the protest.
Another pro-Palestine protest is scheduled for tomorrow, when the Biden family usually returns to the downtown shopping area for mark Small Business Saturday.
The Christmas tree lighting was the Biden family's last stop off the day after taking over downtown Nantucket for several hours.
The president's traditional Black Friday jaunt was delayed due to the first release of hostages from Gaza in the aftermath of Hamas' brutal October 7 terror attack on Israel.
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Indeed their family tree is a straight line.
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