A firefighter in New York City called out a pro-Palestinian agitator wearing an Elmo costume with a Palestinian flag as "anti-American" Friday, not far from where the city’s 9/11 memorial ceremony was taking place at Ground Zero, according to video shot by Turning Point USA (TPUSA) and posted to X.
"F------ anti-American motherf-----. Go back to f------ Palestine. We don’t want you here," the man yelled to the protester. It was unclear if he was a current or retired firefighter.
The man told the protester to also take former President Barack Obama, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with them.
"Take ‘em all. They’re all no f-----g good!" he yelled. "You’re no f-----g good."
After the firefighter walked away from the agitator, someone yelled in the video, "The Jews are committing a genocide."
It wasn’t clear if it was one of the protesters who yelled it.
"Frustration from Americans attending the 9/11 memorial service a few blocks away is spilling over," TPUSA’s X post said.
Fox News Digital has reached out to TPUSA for comment.
The FDNY told Fox News Digital: "We are aware of the video circulating of someone wearing a uniform having a verbal altercation today. This person appears to be from another fire department and is not and has never been a member of the FDNY."
Friday marked 25 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City; the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.; and in Pennsylvania.
All the living former presidents attended the ceremony at Ground Zero along with Vice President JD Vance.
Mamdani, Hochul, and Ocasio-Cortez were also in attendance.
President Donald Trump gave a keynote speech at the Pentagon 9/11 ceremony Friday.