The little-liked trolls among the neo-conservative movement are even having trouble setting up in their own backyard. A press conference from the pair in Washington, D.C. about imprisoned alleged participants in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots was derailed entirely by protesters.
The presser and the protests come as the legislature is beginning its hearings into the January 6 riot at the Capitol building. The demonstrators ruined shots of the conference by ambling into the background with accusatory signage. At the same time, a lone person loudly blew a whistle to drown out the speakers.
The protest came well into the conference, when a group carrying a massive Trump puppet and holding signs that said "Pedophiles for Trump" appeared on the scene. C-SPAN was carrying the conference live. Protesters appear and run the conference off at about the 16-minute mark.
The disruption comes shortly after Gaetz and Greene's rally was booted from a California venue. The owner preemptively put the kibosh on the rally, saying that he wanted nothing to do with the congressional reps.
An attempt to hold a press conference by Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz and company was just shut down by protesters pic.twitter.com/7eP13hPZtT
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 27, 2021
Reps. Gaetz and Greene get run out of their own presser at the DOJ. pic.twitter.com/Jc3BTbUO05
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) July 27, 2021
This post originally appeared at our sister publication Orlando Weekly.
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This article appears in Jun 29 – Jul 7, 2017.