Security dragged reporter & Chaos erupts at Antony Blinken’s final press conf: should be in Hague!

Chaos erupted at Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s final press conference Thursday after an announced Israel-Hamas cease-fire and hostage deal, with State Department employees forcibly removing reporters who accused the cabinet official of allowing a “genocide” in Gaza. “You pontificate about a free press!” he erupted. “I am asking questions after being told by [spokesman] Matt Miller that he will not answer my questions.”

State Department aides escorted Grayzone News journalist Max Blumenthal from the briefing room, while security guards dragged independent journalist Sam Husseini away, as Blinken was hailing the cease-fire agreement set to take effect Sunday. “Criminal!” Husseini screeched as three guards carried him out of the briefing room, according to footage posted on X. “Why aren’t you in The Hague! Why aren’t you in The Hague! Why aren’t you in The Hague!” “You pontificate about a free press!” he erupted. “I am asking questions after being told by [spokesman] Matt Miller that he will not answer my questions.”

“Why did you allow my friends to be massacred? How does it feel to have you legacy be genocide?”

Secretary of State Blinken is interrupted during a news conference.

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Security dragged reporter & Chaos erupts at Antony Blinken’s final press conf: You should be in The Hague!

Key Points

Chaos erupted at Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s final press conference Thursday after an announced Israel-Hamas cease-fire and hostage deal, with State Department employees forcibly removing reporters who accused the cabinet official of allowing a “genocide” in Gaza

• “You pontificate about a free press
• “I am asking questions after being told by [spokesman] Matt Miller that he will not answer my questions
• ”

State Department aides escorted Grayzone News journalist Max Blumenthal from the briefing room, while security guards dragged independent journalist Sam Husseini away, as Blinken was hailing the cease-fire agreement set to take effect Sunday

Transcript Highlights

The following is transcribed from the video audio:

• Finally, I just wanted to show you this morning
• I look forward to answering questions in two minutes
• You know about Israel’s nuclear weapons, everybody from the ICJ, I was sitting here quietly and now I’m being manhandled by two or three people
• I am asking questions after being told by Matt Miller that he will not answer my questions until I ask
• We’ll have an opportunity to take questions in two minutes
• What’s at the point of the May 31st statement to block the ICJ orders
• Everybody from the MSD International, from the International to the ICJ, saying that Israel is doing genocide and extermination and you’re telling me to respect the process
• You waved the white flag before Israeli fashion
• We’ll have the time to take questions in the air
• Your father-in-law was an Israel lobbyist

Full transcript: 834 words transcribed via Whisper AI.