Pro-Palestine protesters forced the premature wrapup of U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen’s campaign event in downtown Bellingham on Tuesday, June 18 after shouting the congressman out of the event space.
The event, part of a series kicking off Larsen’s 2024 campaign, got underway with protestors outside Boundary Bay Brewery and Bistro waving Palestinian flags and shouting chants, such as “Larsen, Larsen, you can’t hide, you’re committing genocide.”
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📸: Michael Jacobson, middle, yells in the face of Congressman Rick Larsen Tuesday, June 18 as he attempts to speak with Todd Lagestee, while Pinky Vargas attempts to separate them during an event supporting Larsen's reelection at the Boundary Bay Brewery and Bistro. (Eric Becker/Cascadia Daily News)