It was the first year since the Trans March began in 2004 that Wiener did not participate.
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California State Senator Scott Wiener was forced out of Dolores Park and the Trans March on Friday over his support for Israel. The gay, Jewish lawmaker running for Nancy Pelosi’s vacated seat in the US House of Representatives is a long-standing advocate for LGBTQ concerns, which was noted by those who accosted him before they forced him from the park, jeering and taunting him.
California state Democrats spoke out, saying “The harassment and violence shown from yesterday’s march in San Francisco towards Senator Scott Wiener is unacceptable and must be called out.” They cited his “16 years in service,” his championing “for the LGBTQ+ community,” but they did not mention that the attacks were from that same community or that they were over Israel.
Wiener responded to the trans activists who took issue with his position on Israel, which is already one of wavering support at best. He had already stepped down from the California Legislative Jewish Caucus after he flip-flopped on calling Israel’s war against Hamas terrorists “genocide.”
Wiener condemned the behavior of those constituents, saying that “they were so physically and verbally aggressive that it was impossible” for him to “safely remain in the park.” It was the first year since the Trans March began in 2004 that Wiener did not participate.
He said it was the second time in just one week that he had been accosted by activists over his views on Israel. The man who targeted Wiener on Wednesday in the Mission during a televised World Cup match also targeted Wiener in 2023 over what he said was Wiener’s “tainted bloodline.”
Congressman Kevin Mullin called out the “hate speech, harassment, and violence” of Wiener, but did not mention that it was a cohort of trans activists who drove the abuse or that it was over Israel and Gaza, which has become a cause du jour for militant trans activists. Those activists don’t seem to care that the terrorists for whom they are advocating would have them executed for their identity.
The San Francisco Chronicle picked up the story, but as with Mullin, they neglected to say who was doing the threatening.
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie did call out the antisemitism of the attack on Wiener. “As mayor,” Lurie said, “I can never accept hate directed at a member of our community. The language directed at Sen. Wiener yesterday was targeted, hateful, and antisemitic. In San Francisco, we welcome disagreement and respectful dialogue around issues many of us feel passionately about—but we cannot allow harassment and threats of violence.
“If you’re out celebrating Pride this weekend, I want you to be able to do it safely. Let’s also look out for each other so we can all have a great weekend. We are at our best as a city when we celebrate each other, and I’m looking forward to doing that tomorrow.”
Many people seemed to feel a measure of shadenfreude over Wiener being forced out of a Pride march by the same people for whom he has been advocating for his entire time in public life. Wiener has not spoken out when trans militants when they have similarly or more aggressively targeted women speaking up for women’s rights. Kara Dansky pointed that out.
Andy Ngo said “This is what you’ve empowered.”
Anthony Cabassa said “Not sorry that what you helped create is now coming for you for not being far left enough. Now you can say the far left is a much bigger threat to you than the far right which does not exist in CA legislation. Enjoy Senator. Mazel Tov.”