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(JNS) – Although anti-Israel organizers said they expected some 20,000 protesters to descend on the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, only a few thousand seemed to show up, the AP reported, and reporters covering the event shared photos of fields of unclaimed antisemitic signs.
The pile of unclaimed signs at the pro Palestine protest/march on the DNC an hour after it began. Organizers were hoping for 30-40k. The crowd is maybe 1/10th of that size? Crowd covering less than half this 3 softball field sized park. pic.twitter.com/Ba3agQvmfU
— Cameron Joseph (@cam_joseph) August 19, 2024
“Say, fellas, I think you overestimated the demand for your signs today,” wrote Jim Geraghty, of National Review and the Washington Post. Geraghty posted a photo of piles of signs stating “Stand with Palestine!” and “End U.S. aid to Israel,” among other political slogans.
Most of the protesters “marched peacefully,” but several dozen broke through a security fence near the convention and “were detained and handcuffed by the police,” per the AP. “Officers put on gas masks as some protesters tried to bring down a second fence set up in front of police.”
“At no point was the inner perimeter breached,” the Chicago Police stated. “There was no threat to any protectees.”
Footage and images circulated on social media purporting to show protesters openly supporting Hamas, a U.S.-designated terror organization. Protesters also accused U.S. President Joe Biden and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, who is running for president, of supporting genocide, the AP reported.
“The people rioting at the DNC are organized by the Hamas network in America,” wrote Richard Goldberg, a senior adviser at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. “They hate Jews, yes. They hate law enforcement, sure. But listen to what they say and watch what they do: They hate America first and foremost.”
