{"id":2130285,"date":"2023-12-20T19:21:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T00:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chaos-erupts-after-anti-israel-protesters-crash-congressional-democratic-christmas-party-they-tried-to-kill-me\/"},"modified":"2023-12-20T19:23:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T00:23:14","slug":"chaos-erupts-after-anti-israel-protesters-crash-congressional-democratic-christmas-party-they-tried-to-kill-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chaos-erupts-after-anti-israel-protesters-crash-congressional-democratic-christmas-party-they-tried-to-kill-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Israel protesters caused chaos at a Congressional Democratic Christmas party, leading to a violent altercation. One attendee claimed they were targeted for harm"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">46<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchaos-erupts-after-anti-israel-protesters-crash-congressional-democratic-christmas-party-they-tried-to-kill-me%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2130285&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Congressional District Christmas Party in Detroit Turns Violent<\/h2>\n<p>A Congressional district Christmas party in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/detroit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Detroit<\/a> turned\u2062 violent Saturday night when \u200canti-Israel protesters \u2063crashed \u2064the event and got into a \u2063shoving match with\u2062 the attendees.<\/p>\n<p>Video of the incident posted by The Midwesterner\u200d showed \u2064a group of anti-Israel protesters getting into\u2063 a \u2062shoving and shouting match \u200dwith partygoers\u2062 while \u200dcalling \u200bfor a ceasefire in the\u2062 Israel-Hamas war. Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar was at the party and attempted to give a speech \u2064when the violence \u200dbroke out.<\/p>\n<p>Thanedar is the \u200cU.S. \u200dcongressman for\u200b Michigan\u2019s 13th District and has been one of the \u200bstrongest supporters of Israel in the Democratic \u2063Party following \u2062Hamas\u2019 brutal \u2062terrorist attack on the country\u2063 on\u200d October\u2063 7. After the congressman got \u200bup to speak at the party, the\u200c anti-Israel protesters began shouting over a\u200b bullhorn, The Midwesterner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themidwesterner.news\/2023\/12\/seasons-beatings-shoves-punches-during-democrats-christmas-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShri, do you believe in a free \u2064Palestine?\u201d one\u200b woman shouted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey, Shri, you\u200b can\u2019t hide. We \u200bcharge\u200c you with \u200bgenocide,\u201d a group \u200bof \u200cprotesters then chanted.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dprotest reportedly\u200d turned violent\u2062 when the anti-Israel demonstrators refused to leave the venue after they were asked. One woman who was at the party shared a \u2062live\u200b video on social media during the\u200d altercation,\u2063 saying she was\u200c punched by\u2064 a protester and showing her\u2064 bloodied face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the 13th \u200dDistrict Democratic Party and the Arabs \u200dare coming! They tried to kill \u2062me!\u201d she said.\u2064 \u201cAnd they\u2019re \u2062talking about\u200b ceasefire\u200b and \u200bthey \u200dtried to kill me!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThem Arabs in motherf***in\u2019 Detroit\u2062 tried to kill me!\u201d the woman added. \u201cI\u2063 need\u200b you, black men, to stand the f*** up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE\u200b DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chaos \u200dbroke out at the 13th\u2064 Congressional Democrats&#8217; Christmas party \u200dSaturday.<\/p>\n<p>A woman was \u200bbloodied and called on &#8220;black men&#8221; to\u200b &#8220;stand the f*ck up&#8221; and fight back against \u2062&#8221;the Arabs&#8221; \u200dwho crashed the event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Them Arabs in motherfu*kin&#8217; Detroit\u2063 tried to kill me!&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jBbsNS21Yu\">pic.twitter.com\/jBbsNS21Yu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Midwesterner (@Th_Midwesterner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Th_Midwesterner\/status\/1737474384988672011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Monday, \u2064Thanedar addressed \u2062the protesters and invited them to come speak\u200c to him at his office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not going\u2063 to give\u200c you \u200bsupport for your cause,\u201d he said. \u201cI welcome \u2064them to come to my office. I welcome them to invite me to town halls where\u2064 I could come and we can have \u200ca dialogue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Detroit Police Department is investigating the incident and\u200c said it hasn\u2019t made\u200b any arrests, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wxyz.com\/news\/region\/detroit\/woman-punched-in-face-as-protesters-of-israeli-hamas-war-disrupt-holiday-party-in-detroit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC 7<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic congressman said he was targeted again by anti-Israel protesters \u2063who\u200c showed \u2063up outside his home at 3 a.m. Sunday, blaring\u2064 car\u2063 horns and shouting, \u201cYou are complicit\u2064 in the bombing of\u200d Gaza. \u2026 Your silence is\u2062 violence. Your silence is abhorrent,\u200d and\u2062 we will\u200b not let you sleep!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is my home\u200c at 3 \u200cAM \u2062Sunday night.\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B7LIc98nvV\">https:\/\/t.co\/B7LIc98nvV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shri Thanedar (@ShriThanedar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShriThanedar\/status\/1736799784579870880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How \u200bdid Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar\u200c respond to \u2062the anti-Israel protesters&#8217; disruption at the party?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  A\u2063 Congressional District Christmas Party in Detroit Turns Violent<\/p>\n<p>A Congressional district Christmas party in Detroit turned violent Saturday night when anti-Israel\u2064 protesters crashed \u2063the event and got into a shoving match with the attendees.<\/p>\n<p>Video of the incident posted by The Midwesterner showed \u2063a group of anti-Israel protesters getting into a shoving \u2063and shouting match with partygoers while calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar\u2063 was at the party and attempted to give a speech when the violence\u200d broke out.<\/p>\n<p>Thanedar is the U.S. congressman for Michigan\u2019s 13th District and has been one \u200bof the strongest supporters\u200c of Israel in the Democratic Party following Hamas\u2019 brutal terrorist attack \u200con the country on October 7. After the\u2062 congressman got up \u200cto speak at \u2062the party, the anti-Israel protesters\u2064 began shouting over \u200ca bullhorn, \u2064The Midwesterner reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShri, do you\u2062 believe \u200din a free Palestine?\u201d one woman\u2064 shouted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey, Shri, you\u2062 can\u2019t hide. We charge you with genocide,\u201d a group of protesters\u2064 then \u200dchanted.<\/p>\n<p>The protest reportedly\u200c turned violent\u2063 when the anti-Israel demonstrators refused to leave the venue after they\u2062 were asked. One woman who was at the \u2063party shared a live video on social media during the altercation, saying she \u2062was punched by a protester and showing\u200b her bloodied\u200d face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the 13th\u2062 District \u200dDemocratic\u2062 Party and \u2063the Arabs are coming! They \u200btried to kill me!\u201d she said.\u200d \u201cAnd they\u2019re talking about ceasefire and they tried to kill\u200b me!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThem Arabs \u200cin\u2064 motherf***in\u2019 Detroit \u2063tried to kill me!\u201d the\u200b woman added. \u201cI need you, black men, to\u2062 stand \u200cthe f***\u200d up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is\u200c disheartening to witness the escalation of violence at\u2063 a \u200dChristmas party\u2062 meant to bring people\u200c together. Such incidents \u200dhighlight the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-left-wing-and-islamic-groups-converge-on-new-york-city-for-pro-palestinian-protest\/\" title=\"Pro-Palestinian protest in NYC draws left-wing and Islamic groups during Israel War.\">deeply entrenched divisions<\/a> and \u2064tensions that exist\u2064 in our society.\u2064 The clash between anti-Israel protesters and party attendees\u200b not\u200b only disrupted the event \u2062but also resulted in\u2064 physical\u200c confrontations and injuries.<\/p>\n<p>As a representative for\u2063 Michigan\u2019s 13th District, Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar was present at\u200b the party and found himself caught in the middle of the chaos. Thanedar \u2062has been a \u200bstrong advocate \u2062for Israel and has condemned \u2063Hamas&#8217;\u200d acts of terrorism. However, this incident demonstrates that political disagreements can quickly spiral out of \u2063control, \u2063leading to physical \u200caltercations and endangering the safety of those present.<\/p>\n<p>While it is \u2064crucial to maintain the right to \u2064peaceful protest \u2063and \u200bfreedom of \u2064expression, it is equally\u200b important to \u200buphold the principles of respect, dialogue, and understanding. Engaging \u2064in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-bush-sides-with-st-louis-inmate-rioters\/\" title=\"Rep. Bush sides with St. Louis inmate rioters\">violent behavior<\/a> and resorting to \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-chased-off-stage-by-liberal-protesters-stop-petro-pete\/\" title=\"Buttigieg forced off stage by liberal protesters: 'End Petro Pete!'\">personal \u200battacks undermines<\/a> \u2063the very essence of constructive dialogue and only\u2062 serves to further polarize society.<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of this unfortunate event, it is essential for the\u2063 concerned parties to \u2062address the underlying issues that led\u200b to such violence. Open and honest conversations regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict can contribute to greater understanding and empathy \u200bamong individuals with differing views. It is through peaceful and respectful \u2062exchanges that we\u200d can\u2064 strive \u2064for positive change and work towards a more inclusive \u2064and \u200dharmonious society.<\/p>\n<p>It \u200bis\u2064 incumbent upon all individuals, regardless of their political \u200dleanings, to condemn\u200c violence and promote dialogue as a means of resolving conflicts. It is only through constructive engagement and empathy that we\u200c can strive to bridge the\u200c divides that exist within our communities.<\/p>\n<p>We must remember the\u2062 true spirit of the holiday season, which is one of unity, compassion, and goodwill towards all. It is my \u2063hope\u2062 that incidents like this will serve as a wake-up call for us to reflect on the importance of maintaining peace, respect, and understanding in our interactions with\u2064 one another. Let us use\u2062 this \u2062incident \u200bas an\u200b opportunity for growth and strive\u2064 to build\u200b a society where differences are embraced and\u200d resolved through peaceful\u2064 means.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Christmas party in Detroit&#8217;s Congressional district took a violent turn as anti-Israel protesters disrupted the event, engaging in a shoving match with attendees. 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