A group of far-left pro-Palestinian protesters have been camping out outside of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s home for nearly a month in protest of the Biden administration’s continued support for Israel in the war against Hamas.
The group calls its effort “Occupy Blinken,” with roughly 100 people participating over the course of the past several weeks. Some of the far-left activists have been staying the night in tents, braving the cold, but at most times during the day, there are only a dozen people on site.
Signs at the encampment read, “Bloody Blinken lives here,” “Caution: War Criminal Inside,” and “Secretary of genocide.”
In early January, the protesters splashed fake blood on Blinken’s motorcade.
Blinken has gotten the brunt of the far-left protests, but the activists have also targeted the homes of National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in addition to repeatedly heckling US President Joe Biden at public appearances.
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