Representative Lauren Boebert paid a visit to the Gaza protest encampment in Washington, D.C., at George Washington University—and was quickly met with heckles of “Beetlejuice.”
Boebert arrived at the encampment on Wednesday with several other Republicans from Congress, as students sang “The Imperial March” from Star Wars. Then their attempt to grandstand at the encampment was overshadowed by student protesters yelling “Beetlejuice,” referencing the time Boebert and her date were kicked out of a Denver theater’s performance of the play for disruptive and lewd behavior.
Members of Congress visited #GWU today and Lauren Boebert was met with “BeetleJuice heckling😂😂 pic.twitter.com/a0Gcz3dNQ5
— Anarchy princess (@SatireAP) May 1, 2024
She toured the encampment and tried to pull a Palestinian flag off a statue of George Washington, coming into contact with protesters. She failed to remove the flag, and her security staff led her away.
Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert scuffled with protesters at George Washington University (GWU) when trying to remove a Palestinian flag from a statue during her visit today.
The protesters quickly maneuvered to block her from taking it down and her security ushered her… pic.twitter.com/9ZBoGKJWtr
— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) May 1, 2024
It’s not the first time Republicans visited one of the protest encampments set up by college students across the country to protest their institutions’ involvement with Israel and its brutal war in Gaza. Last week, Mike Johnson visited Columbia University’s protest encampment to grandstand himself, attacking protesters and calling for the National Guard to clear the encampment.
Police would clear Columbia’s encampment days later, pushing students out of an occupied building in an overwhelmingly excessive response. A similar takedown took place Thursday morning at UCLA. At all of the protests across the country, the students’ demands are being ignored in favor of overblown allegations from critics. Currently, it seems protests will continue until something substantive happens, like an end to weapons shipments to Israel or a cease-fire.
