Anti-Israel protesters set up a camp in front of the home of a Jewish Democratic congressman on the eve of the October 7 anniversary of the Hamast attacks, the congressman announced on social media.
Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, posted on X throughout the night of Oct. 6 that a group of people with face coverings had gathered outside his home and asked for a police escort as his family entered and exited the home. announced. .
“Early on Sunday morning, a group of masked anti-Israel protesters gathered outside my house and remained until the evening, forcing police to escort my family in and out of the house for safety reasons,” the lawmaker said. There was no such thing,” he declared in a post that included a photo of the lawmaker. group. “The protesters are refusing to leave and are spending the night setting up tents, cots and sleeping bags in roadside encampments and harassing families outside their homes. It is unclear whether this is the case,” he added in another text. Tweet.
Landsman's communications director told Fox News Digital in an email that they were still outside the congressman's home in Cincinnati as of Monday morning.
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A group of anti-Israel demonstrators can be seen gathering outside Congressman Greg Landsman's home. (@RepGregLandsman, via X, October 6, 2024)
Mr. Landsman noted that Monday is the tragic anniversary of the heinous terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, in which Hamas carried out atrocities.
“On the eve of the first anniversary of the October 7 terrorist attack in which Jews were brutally murdered and abducted, these people, dressed in all black and fully masked, arrived at the home of a Jewish family,” the lawmaker said. “I came here,” he said. In a statement.
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Congressman Greg Landsman is interviewed in his Longworth Building office on November 3, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
“Today, my daughter and I are scheduled to attend a service testifying to the brutal terrorist attack of October 7th. Meanwhile, these people are outside my house and they are trying to get us to leave.” “Every time they try to intimidate Jewish families, 'Go home,'” he continued.
“They've been doing this to my staff and me for nearly a year, and now they're doing the same to my family and neighbors. They have no boundaries at this point. Our family hopes they will leave immediately and protest in a more appropriate, non-intrusive manner in their continued efforts and efforts to keep us all safe. Thank you,” the congressman said in a statement.
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Congressman Greg Landsman speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on March 30, 2023. (Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Rep. Dan Goldman (D.N.Y.) condemned the protests and urged his colleagues to do the same.
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“On the anniversary of the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust, this is an unacceptable threat to a Jewish member of Congress and his family,” Goldman wrote to Mr. “I call on all of my colleagues to condemn this act. Everywhere in America.”
