Congressional candidate and California state Sen. Scott Wiener, a prominent gay Democrat who has spearheaded pro-transgender rights legislation, was surrounded and berated by protesters at San Francisco’s annual Trans March on Friday as they accused him of supporting genocide in Gaza.
A video widely shared on social media shows Wiener, who is Jewish, walking through Dolores Park as a person films and follows him, along with several other protesters berating Wiener over his position on Gaza.
“It breaks my heart that someone who wrote good legislation for queers is so f**king terrible on Gaza,” one protester says in the video.
Wiener does not engage with the group as he tries to exit the park. Some protesters flash their middle fingers and, at one point, accuse him of being “genocidal” and having “Zionist handlers.”
“Scott, do you have anything to say? How could you do this to San Francisco?” the person taking the video says while continuing to follow Wiener. “You do not belong here anymore, Scott. I want to support someone who’s so positive on trans rights, but you’re a piece of sh*t on Gaza.”
