S.F. Dem leader John Avalos defends public harassment of Wiener over Israel
A San Francisco Democratic Party leader who heads an influential housing coalition is on temporary leave from work amid controversy over a social media post that defended aggressive pro-Palestinian protesters.
John Avalos, a former two-term member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and executive director of the Council of Community Housing Organizations, weighed in Monday on a dramatic video showing pro-Palestinian activists in public places repeatedly hounding state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-S.F.), who is Jewish.
“Ppl have the right to call out elected leaders’ complicity w/genocide,” Avalos wrote in part, while reposting the video on X (Twitter).
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The video shows someone following and filming Wiener in an airport as the person says “Free Palestine,” calls him a “weak-a** Zionist” and states that his “whole bloodline’s cowards.” The video displays a social media post where someone filmed Wiener sitting on an airplane, superimposing a red triangle over his head and the words “Is that Scott Wiener?” Hamas has used a similar red triangle to identify military targets. The video also shows Wiener slowly driving his car while demonstrators surround him. “You’re killing babies, Scott!” someone shouts through a megaphone while demonstrators chant: “Wiener, Wiener, you can’t hide! We charge you with genocide!”
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Balls of Shit while they're Not doing a GD thing to help the people of Gaza?
Slime HAMAS, Assholes.. they're killing Children in Gaza.. they're own People.
This is WAR that HAMAS Started on Oct 7, 2023... they knew what was going to Happen. 
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