Egyptians have grown more hostile toward President Obama in recent weeks, in some cases accusing him of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood financially or of harboring a secret pro-Brotherhood agenda.
Now it seems that sentiment has arrived in the United States. In a demonstration outside the White House grounds this afternoon, several hundred protesters who identified as Egyptian — a crowd full of both Muslims and Christians — chanted for Obama to distance himself from the Muslim Brotherhood, insisted that the July 3 military takeover was not a coup and argued that the Brotherhood is a terrorist organization.
“Egyptians! United! Defeating terrorists!” the crowd shouted.
Demonstrators carried large photos of Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, head of the Egyptian military, which took power in early July when it removed Morsi. One man posed for a photo while kissing Sissi’s portrait. Other signs read: “This was not a military coup” and “Egypt against terrorism.”
Suzanne Elnaham, a protester from Sterling, Va., said she was there to force the Obama administration to “side with the 33 million Egyptians who have spoken against” the Brotherhood.
“Whether or not they continue to aid Egypt, the revolution will continue,” she added.
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