The video of Larry Elder being instigated by a woman wearing a gorilla mask has been viewed 3.5 million times

The footage of California Republican Larry Elder throwing eggs at him during the campaign has been viewed more than 3.5 million times.

The conservative talk show host——Considered the main Republican candidate Who might overthrow the governor Gavin Newson In the September 14 elections-on Wednesday, a woman wearing a gorilla mask threw an egg on his head and almost fell on his head.

A man believed to be a member of the Elder security team then confronted the woman. Hearing her yelling “touch me again”, then she hit the man in the face.

Before the other person beat him with an egg, an angry crowd swarmed.

Elder was forced to shorten his journey A camp for the homeless Venice Los Angeles area because of the incident. Someone saw him walking into an SUV, and someone shouted: “Get out of that sorry s***.”

The video of the event was posted on Twitter Written by Kate Cagle, a spectrum journalist, it has more than 2.5 million views per day. The Twitter account of the conservative television network The First also shared a segment that has been viewed more than 1 million times.

“Emergency: In Venice, an activist wearing a gorilla mask bumped a flying egg into the back of the head of recall candidate Larry Elder. The melee broke out and the candidate was escorted into an SUV. ,” Cagle wrote on Twitter.

“This is primitive (pun intended).”

In a tweet on Wednesday night, Elder said his team had been attacked, but did not mention the eggs against him.

“Today I started the recalled express bus tour. Before we left Los Angeles, my security guard was physically attacked, shot by a bullet gun and hit by a projectile,” Elder said.

“The intolerant left will not stop us. We will recall Gavin Newson. We will save California.”

In a statement Weekly newspaperMa Ying, the communications director of the Movement for the Elderly, added: “This kind of violence is totally unacceptable. Will Gavin Newson condemn it? Probably not—because rampant crime and homelessness are his problems.”

“Larry Elder is the destroyer of Newsom’s status quo and California’s hopes for a brighter future. This is why deep-rooted political interests will stop him at all costs.”

Representative Dan Crenshaw, Republican of Texas, also condemned the incident. Urge people to support the elders In the special election.

Crenshaw said on Twitter: “This California election may go down in history, because it is a time when a great nation’s long and slow decline has finally stopped.” “Please go out and vote for the recall and vote for the pull. Lee Elder.”

Los Angeles police The department has been contacted for comments.