It was a rainy day in the Washington, DC, area Wednesday — but for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, 70, it comes on the heels of a rather crappy one.
Earlier this week, anti-Israel protesters slung manure outside Austin’s home, in an apparent reprisal for his support of the Jewish state.
“Austin, Austin, you ain’t s–t, we’ll keep fighting until you quit,” the angry poo-per-trators were heard yelling in a video captured by fellow activists.
“Austin, Austin, rise and shine, occupation is a crime!”
The protesters were masked in the video and stood proudly in front of a giant heap of manure placed on top of a tarp on the street near his home Monday.
They also released smoke that appeared to match the colors of the Palestinian flag.
Politico first reported Austin’s manure rancor.
On that same day, a similar group of protesters also hurled droppings near the home of White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, 47.
That triggered a Secret Service investigation and a bomb squad response.
“Sullivan, Sullivan, you can’t hide, you’re committing genocide!” demonstrators chanted outside Sullivan’s home.
Both Sullivan and Austin, as well as other top Biden administration officials, have weathered a deluge of demonstrations near their homes since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack that killed 1,200 Israelis, triggering a war.
On Christmas Day, Austin and Sullivan faced loud demonstrations outside their residences from angry protesters demanding a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Even before the Israel-Hamas war, Sullivan faced a stunning security breach last year after an intoxicated man broke into his home in the dead of night.
Both Austin and Sullivan met with Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday, and Sullivan conferred with Gallant on Monday as well.
Relations have frayed between the Biden administration and Israel amid the president’s warning against an operation in the refugee-dense southern Gaza city of Rafah.
The Post contacted the Pentagon for comment.
