Larry Elder Egged As Hostile Crowd Chases Him From Venice Stop

VENICE, CA — Republican Larry Elder stopped his scheduled campaign trip to a Venice homeless camp outside the Google offices Wednesday when a woman in a gorilla mask and pink wig egged him and a crowd started to chase the candidate.

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The GOP gubernatorial recall candidate was walking near Rose Avenue, along Hampton Avenue, Wednesday afternoon when the crowd swarmed and a woman wearing a gorilla mask appeared to throw an egg while she biked by the group. The woman missed, throwing the egg just over his head and the crowd.

In videos capturing the incident, the leading Republican in the gubernatorial recall appears to be pushed inside a vehicle and drives away from the area.

Elder also stopped by Northridge Wednesday. The last-minute trip happened at Brent's Deli — one of many trips across the Southland.

The candidate said a member of the security team was hit by a pellet gun during the attack.

Today I kicked off the Recall Express bus tour. Before we even left Los Angeles, my security detail was physically assaulted, shot with a pellet gun, and hit with projectiles. The intolerant left will not stop us. We will recall Gavin Newsom. We will save California.
— Larry Elder (@larryelder) September 9, 2021

Polling as of Wednesday shows 54.3 percent of voters will vote "no" to removing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office, according to FiveThirtyEight. Should he be removed, polling shows Elder leading the race for his replacement.

Elder is host of the nationally syndicated "The Larry Elder Show" on talk radio, a newspaper columnist and author. He is also a former trial attorney and small business owner. He was born and raised in South Central Los Angeles, his father, a World War II Marine Corps veteran, owned a restaurant, while his mother was a clerical worker for the War Department.

We were covering @larryelder in #Venice this morning when the Republican running for Governor encountered an angry crowd while touring a homeless encampment. Here’s our @ABC7 video of when an egg was thrown at Elder and his staff #CaliforniaRecallElection #larryelder pic.twitter.com/qNtenzqbFZ
— Josh Haskell (@abc7JoshHaskell) September 8, 2021

Editor's Note: This story was updated at 4:44 a.m. Thursday with Elder's response via Twitter.

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