Once news broke that former US President Joe Biden was at Trinity to watch his son, Hunter, receive the Gold Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Public Discourse from the College Historical Society (Hist), a protest broke out at the 1937 Reading Room. The protest was over the former president’s handling of the genocide in Gaza.
The protest quickly grew and could be heard from inside the exam hall where Hunter Biden received his medal. Once the event ended and the Secret Service escorted the former president and his family out of Trinity, protesters threw milk. Shortly after, two protesters were pepper-sprayed and arrested by An Garda Síochána.
The protest gained momentum, with students surrounding cars making their way through Front Square, and screaming chants including “shame on you” and “genocide Joe”.
