A woman wore a gorilla mask while throwing an egg an at the California gubernatorial candidate, who is Black, prompting claims the attack was racially motivated.
at Republican gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder in Venice, some of the talk show host’s supporters are complaining that the Wednesday incident that forced Elder to cut his campaigning short is not generating more outrage.
The altercation occurred when Elder, as part of his “Recall Express” campaign bus tour, was visiting homeless encampments Wednesday morning when he was angrily surrounded by a group of homeless people and advocates.Someone threw what appeared to be an egg at GOP recall candidate Larry Elder during a tour of homeless encampments in Venice.According to a police statement: “As the aide and Mr.
After the attacks on Wednesday, Elder tweeted: “Today I kicked off the Recall Express bus tour. Before we even left Los Angeles, my security detail was physically assaulted, shot with a pellet gun, and hit with projectiles. The intolerant left will not stop us.”The next day he blamed the hostility in Venice on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s failure to curb the homelessness crisis in California.
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