EXCLUSIVE: Actor and director Rob Reiner praised the Harris marketing campaign for supporting anti-Israel agitators’ proper to protest the Democratic Nationwide Conference (DNC) Monday.
Reiner briefly spoke with Fox Information Digital on the primary night time of the DNC, simply hours after protesters broke by a number of rounds of fencing and almost breached the occasion’s safety perimeter.
Requested about his ideas on the demonstrations, Reiner stated, “Well, that’s what’s … great about America. That we have the right to protest, and that we give everybody the freedom to protest. It’s in the Constitution.
Rob Reiner is one of the many celebrities in attendance at the DNC this week. (Paul Archuleta)
“And this marketing campaign is about defending the Structure and defending these folks’s proper to protest exterior,” Reiner stated.
The problem of Israel has pushed a wedge between the far-left and others throughout the Democratic Occasion, significantly since Hamas’ Oct. 7 shock assault that killed over 1,000 Israelis, primarily civilians.
Hundreds of protesters have descended on Chicago, accusing President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris of encouraging a “genocide” in Gaza by providing arms to Israel in its invasion of the Palestinian territory. Flags bearing Hamas’ insignia were seen among the demonstrators, as well as posters calling for a “international intifada.”
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Chicago Police hold a sign ordering anti-Israel protesters to disperse from a gathering at Union Park, east of the United Center, one of two sites for the DNC 2024 convention. (Michael Ruiz/Fox News Digital)
Fox News Digital witnessed demonstrators shaking fences feet from the United Center, where the DNC’s main events are taking place. Activists were pushed back beyond the security perimeter by police as the activists threw water bottles and picket signs at officers.
Reiner, an outspoken Democratic celebrity, posted on X just days after the Oct. 7 attack, “As a Jew, I don’t care should you’re professional Palestinian or professional Israeli. Hamas is the epitome of evil. And anybody who condones their barbarism is evil. Full cease.”
In his conversation with Fox News Digital, Reiner also discussed the contrast between how the Harris and Biden campaigns portrayed their fight against former President Trump, the latter having painted it as a dark existential struggle. Harris’ still-young campaign has depicted her as a happy warrior bringing “pleasure” to People.
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“What which means is we’ll win,” Reiner said. “As a result of I feel People finally are constructive and wish good issues for this nation and never speaking about catastrophe and doom and gloom.”
