Biden Pelted With Milk Cartons by Palestine Protesters in Dublin

Pro-Palestine Protesters Pelt Former President Biden With Milk Cartons at Dublin Event

Former President Joe Biden and his family faced a hostile pro-Palestine protest outside Trinity College Dublin as demonstrators hurled milk cartons at his motorcade and chanted “G*nocide Joe” while he departed the campus.

The confrontation occurred as the 83-year-old Biden and family members were leaving Trinity College, where Hunter Biden had received an award. Pro-Palestine activists gathered outside the venue, voicing opposition to U.S. support for Israel’s military operations in Gaza during Biden’s presidency. Protesters threw milk cartons toward the motorcade as it prepared to depart, chanting slogans targeting the former president’s Middle East policy record.

🚨BIDEN pelted with milk cartons while in Dublin for Hunter Biden’s award.

As the former president and his family left Trinity College, pro-Palestine protesters chanted “Genocide Joe” and hurled milk cartons toward the motorcade. pic.twitter.com/9TcLfpk04y

— ACT For America (@ACTforAmerica) November 11, 2026

The incident underscores the intensity of pro-Palestine activism that has spread across international venues and college campuses. During Biden’s presidency, pro-Palestine encampments and protests proliferated across American universities, with demonstrators occupying buildings and disrupting campus operations while his administration offered mixed messaging on the protests and worked to court progressive voters opposed to Israel.

The Dublin protest represents the kind of confrontational activism that grew emboldened during the Biden era. While Biden was in office, his administration faced pressure from both sides of the Israel-Gaza debate — criticized by Republicans for tolerating campus disruptions and anti-Israel rhetoric, and blasted by progressive activists who demanded the U.S. cut off support for Israel’s military operations.

The movement Biden now encounters up close is partly a product of his own presidency’s approach. Campus protests during 2024 saw students and outside agitators occupying university buildings, blocking Jewish students from attending class, and demanding universities divest from Israel. The Biden administration’s response was often characterized by both-sides equivocation rather than clear condemnation of harassment and intimidation.

Now out of office, Biden is experiencing the consequences of that political environment firsthand. The protesters who pelted his motorcade with projectiles see him not as an ally but as complicit in what they characterize as Israeli actions in Gaza. The “G*nocide Joe” chant reflects the view among these activists that Biden’s support for Israel makes him personally responsible for civilian casualties in the conflict.

The targeting of an 83-year-old former president and his family with thrown objects crosses a line from political protest into harassment of a senior citizen. Regardless of one’s view of Biden’s record or policies, pelting an elderly man and his wife with projectiles is not legitimate protest — it is mistreatment that Americans across the political spectrum should condemn.

Secret Service agents protect every former president, Biden included. The agents assigned to protect former presidents carry out a mission that serves the republic regardless of party, and that duty does not stop at the water’s edge.

The specifics of Hunter Biden’s award ceremony and the nature of the recognition he received were not detailed in available reports. The visit to Trinity College placed the Biden family in the middle of a protest movement that his father’s presidency helped enable through weak responses to similar demonstrations on American soil.

The incident in Dublin is the latest example of pro-Palestine activism manifesting in public confrontations during official and ceremonial events. The protests have appeared at speeches, fundraisers, and now at a family event abroad, demonstrating the reach and persistence of the movement.

Biden’s presidency saw the normalization of aggressive protest tactics on college campuses and in public spaces, with his administration often failing to clearly distinguish between legitimate dissent and harassment. The Dublin protest reflects that legacy — a movement that feels empowered to physically target political figures it opposes, even former presidents in their eighties.

The former president now finds himself on the receiving end of tactics his administration did little to discourage when directed at others. The same energy that drove campus occupations and building takeovers during his time in office has now been turned against him personally, demonstrating how political movements, once unleashed and emboldened, do not discriminate in their targets.

American conservatives have consistently condemned political mobs and harassment regardless of the target. That principle applies here. Biden’s record is fair game for criticism, and his presidency’s approach to the Israel-Gaza conflict deserves scrutiny. But pelting an elderly former president with objects is wrong, and Americans who believe in civil society should say so clearly.

The Secret Service agents who protect Biden deserve recognition for their professionalism. They serve the republic by protecting current and former presidents from physical harm, and they carry out that mission every day, at home and abroad. Their work keeps our constitutional system functioning by ensuring that political disagreements remain in the realm of words and votes, not force and intimidation.