Protesters Gather Outside White House Correspondents Dinner

Hollywood stars, journalists and distinguished politicians have been met with a crowd of protesters of the Israel–Hamas battle exterior Saturday’s White Home Correspondents Dinner.

There was rising public discord over the battle and President Joe Biden’s dealing with of the battle, in addition to mainstream media’s protection of it.

This yr’s occasion on the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. — the place the dinner has been held for many years — is headlined by Saturday Evening Dwell star Colin Jost, with a number of stars additionally in attendance, together with Chris Pine, Molly Ringwald, Questlove and Rachel Brosnahan. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are additionally on the dinner.

Nevertheless, attendees have been greeted by demonstrators holding banners and chanting “Free, free Palestine” and requires a “ceasefire” as they arrived, in line with movies posted on social media. At one level, protesters additionally dropped a Palestinian flag out of one of many Washington Hilton’s home windows.

Biden reportedly averted the big protest on the entrance of the lodge by arriving by means of a again entrance. However different attendees have been seen in social movies strolling by means of the demonstrations.