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.
At times, they were greeted with boos from some of the students who backed the anti-Israel movement, but Donalds powered through.
“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.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced that his panel will convene a hearing on those anti-Israel demonstrations at the campus on May 8.
“The House Oversight Committee is deeply concerned over reports indicating the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department rejected George Washington University’s request for help in removing the radical, antisemitic, and unlawful protestors,” Comer explained in a statement.
