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An anti-Israel heckler hurled a racially charged attack against Rep. Byron Donalds during his visit to the protest encampment at George Washington University Wednesday, video shows.
Donalds (R-Fla.) was fielding questions from bystanders when a man began berating him.
“How much is AIPAC paying you, you bastard?” the man sneered as Donalds brushed the remark off, the footage shows.
“How much is AIPAC paying you, you race-traitor,” the man added, prompting a head-turn from Donalds, 45, and groans from some in the crowd surrounding the lawmaker.
“Outside agitators aren’t allowed. You’re working for a foreign entity, you bastard,” the man went on as he was motioned away.
Donalds made eye contact with the heckler and retorted, “That guy’s really old to be in college” before continuing his remarks.
Several bystanders came to Donalds’ defense, admonishing that the heckler wasn’t a student.
Donalds swung through George Washington University’s campus to tour the anti-Israel encampments. Other Republican lawmakers, such as Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Col.), similarly trekked through the grounds.
Congresswoman Lauren Boebert attempts to tear down a Palestinian flag and banners on the campus at GWU. #gaza pic.twitter.com/JQ2lWUC7yX
At times, they were greeted with boos from some of the students who backed the anti-Israel movement, but Donalds powered through.
Congresswoman Lauren Boebert attempts to tear down a Palestinian flag and banners on the campus at GWU. #gaza pic.twitter.com/JQ2lWUC7yX
The man in the arena! pic.twitter.com/Xl2E4y2A9n
“The encampment is now tresspassing. That is what the university president and the administration said,” Donalds told participants.
“They’ve asked for support from the mayor. Mayor (Muriel) Bowser doesn’t want to come and support them. She needs to do her job.”
Located roughly two and a half miles from the US Capitol, George Washington University is one of multiple campuses that have been subject to anti-Israel encampments.
Last month, GWU President Ellen Granberg revealed that her administration “requested the assistance of DC Metropolitan Police to relocate an unauthorized protest encampment on the University Yard.
“The encampment, unlike some demonstrations in the past, is an unauthorized use of university space at this location and violated several university policies,” she said.
But DC Metropolitan Police spurned that request, the Washington Post reported. The encampment at the school is now on its seventh day.