California gubernatorial recall election candidate Caitlyn Jenner attended the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas over the weekend and was filmed being harassed and deadnamed, or called by the name she used before coming out as transgender, by an attendee in a viral video.
In the video, Jenner can be seen walking through the hotel lobby taking pictures with attendees, when a heckler (presumably the person holding the camera) repeatedly uses her deadname and hurls questions such as, "What do you think about the stuff they're teaching schools about LGBT?"
Later in the video, the heckler calls her a "sick freak" and states, "Why do people want a picture with [her]?"
It is not entirely clear where the video came from (and on which day of the convention the incident happened), but it was widely circulated on Twitter on Sunday.
Only one prominent conservative — Fox Nation host Tomi Lahren – came to Jenner's defense in the immediate aftermath of the video's release.
"Hearing how some 'conservatives' treated @Caitlyn_Jenner at CPAC makes my blood boil," she tweeted. "There’s no room for your hate in the America First movement. We believe in freedom and we believe in limited government. The way she chooses to live her personal life harms you in no way!"
She added, "The attacks on @Caitlyn_Jenner are despicable. I’ll go to bat for her every single time and if you want to take my 'conservative' card for it, take it and shove it. Your mob is no better than the Left’s and in fact, it’s uglier."
The reaction from other prominent conservatives was quite muted.
Matt Schlapp, the head of the American Conservative Union and chief conference organizer, has been publicly silent on the incident, as well as other controversies from this weekend. A Daily Beast dispatch from the event reported that "some attendees openly boasted of participating in events that led to the Jan. 6 riot and speakers gleefully peddled anti-semitic conspiracy theories."
"QAnon themed shirts were on sale at a merchandise booth in the exhibition hall, despite previously being banned from Trump rallies," a line from the Beast's report reads.
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