President Joe Biden was interrupted multiple times during an abortion rights rally in Manassas, Virginia, on Tuesday.
Mr. Biden shared the stage with Vice President Kamala Harris and their respective spouses, First Lady Jill Biden and Vice President Doug Emhoff.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the Reproductive Freedom Campaign Rally at George Mason University in Manassas, Virginia, on January 23, 2024. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Several demonstrators interrupted Biden during his speech to shout and criticize the administration's response to Israel's ongoing ground offensive in Gaza.
Shortly after he began speaking, a male demonstrator holding a Palestinian flag shouted, “How many children have you killed?” As security guards escorted the protesters, they were drowned out by a crowd chanting “Four more years!”
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Mr. Biden began speaking again, but was quickly interrupted by another woman, a demonstrator, shouting, “Israel kills two mothers in an hour.”
File: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the Reproductive Freedom Campaign rally at George Mason University in Manassas, Virginia, on January 23, 2024. A demonstrator holds a placard that says “Stop it!” (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
A second demonstrator was also removed as the pro-Biden crowd again chanted “four more years.”
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Biden continued speaking, but kept getting interrupted. In the end, more than a dozen demonstrators interrupted the president's remarks, shouting slogans such as “Stop funding genocide!” and “Genocide Joe has to go!”
A demonstrator is removed from the crowd during U.S. President Joe Biden's speech at the Reproductive Freedom Campaign rally at George Mason University on January 23, 2024, in Manassas, Virginia. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“This is going to go on for a while. They planned this,” the Democratic president said as demonstrators were escorted out one by one.
The chaotic rally was held on the same day as the Republican primary in New Hampshire, where President Trump is expected to tighten his grip on the party's presidential nomination.
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The day also comes the day after the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court case that legalized abortion for nearly 50 years until it was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in the summer of 2022. Ta.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the Reproductive Freedom Campaign Rally at George Mason University in Manassas, Virginia, on January 23, 2024. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Biden and the Democratic Party delivered a consequential reversal of their rallying cry for re-election.
“He's betting that we won't hold him accountable,” Biden said of Trump in front of hundreds of cheering supporters. “He's betting you won't care.”
“But guess what?” he added. “I'm sure he's wrong. I'm sure you won't forget.”
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President Trump takes credit for helping reverse Roe v. Wade, but balks at laws such as Florida's six-week abortion ban signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, who withdrew from the race for the Republican nomination over the weekend. It shows.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
