Climate protesters attempted to enter an afterparty in Washington on the night of April 29-30, after earlier gathering outside the venue hosting the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.

Footage recorded by Brendan Gutenschwager shows the group attempting to enter the French ambassador’s residence in DC, where CBS News was hosting an afterparty.

Activists from the climate justice collective earlier gathered at the entrance to the annual dinner, which was addressed by President Joe Biden. Credit: Brendan Gutenschwager via Storyful

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- We're really great people.

- We're good [INAUDIBLE].

- I mean, I think you're going to like us if you let us in.

- Woo! Woo! Woo!

[INTERPOSING VOICES]

- Whoa, whoa! Whoa, whoa!

- Hey, everybody, step back.

[INTERPOSING VOICES]

- On my birthday? Not on my birthday.

- Please, please, please.

- Come on!

- You really shouldn't touch a girl on her birthday.

- Hey, don't touch!

- This is private property. [INAUDIBLE]

- You're touching me.

- [INAUDIBLE] no touching. No touching.

- It's my birthday.

- That's my [INAUDIBLE]. Not you.

- --birthday. We have Seymour's wallet. You know, you really shouldn't touch a woman--

- [INAUDIBLE] want some crumbs off the table. Just your crumbs.

- Please.

- Yeah, we promise. We'll even do dishes. We're nice gusts, you know?

We do dishes when we come over. You wouldn't believe how clean the dishes will be when we come by.

- Spotless.

- maybe if we pretend to speak Spanish, they'll let us [INAUDIBLE].

- [INAUDIBLE] don't put your hand-- [INAUDIBLE] please don't put your hand on me. I will [INAUDIBLE] on my own. Just don't put your hands on me.

- I'm not in the way right now. I don't know--

- [INAUDIBLE] and they won't let us in.

- I hope [INAUDIBLE].

- Honor our tickets.

- This is stolen land. This is no one's property.

- Please back off, everyone. Thank you.

- How are we in the way right now?

- Everybody move. Move, please.

- [INAUDIBLE]

- We're waiting to get in.

- We're just trying to have fun.

- [INAUDIBLE] our tickets. Y'all property has a stop over there.

- You got to go back.

- Yeah.

- [INAUDIBLE] have to go back, please.

- Y'all are paying taxes [INAUDIBLE].

[INTERPOSING VOICES]

- We got tickets here.

- [INAUDIBLE]

- You really don't have to do all of that.

- Yeah.

- That's [INAUDIBLE] up in here.

- You have to go back [INAUDIBLE].

- You really don't need to be that aggressive.

- Hey!

- We have you on camera. You really don't need to assault anyone.

- Yeah, don't-- don't--

- That was ridiculous.

- Thank you for inviting us in. [INAUDIBLE] y'all, go. Y'all, go. Go, go, go.

[INTERPOSING VOICES]

- OK, let's go.

[INTERPOSING VOICES]

- Thank you for inviting us.

- I'm just waiting to get my ticket validated. [INAUDIBLE] there.

- [INAUDIBLE]

- Close the gates.

- Thank you for inviting us.

- Thank you so much.

- Thank you for inviting us.

- We're honored to be invited.

- Michael?

- [INAUDIBLE] honored, but we are not proud about the way y'all have received us.

- Mic check.

- Mic check.

- [INAUDIBLE] promised [INAUDIBLE].

- Not at all.

- For--

- They said party. They said come.

- Don't-- don't--

- Yeah.

- That was ridiculous.

- Thank you for inviting us in. Thank y'all. Go. Y'all go. go, go, go.

[INTERPOSING VOICES]

- OK, OK.

[INTERPOSING VOICES]

- Thank you for inviting us.

- I'm just waiting to get my ticket validated.

- Thank you for inviting us.

- [INAUDIBLE]

- Close the gate.

- Thank you for inviting us.

- Thank you so much.

- Thank you for inviting us.

- We're honored to be invited.

- Michael?

- [INAUDIBLE] honored, but we are not proud about the way y'all have received us.

- Mic check.

- Mic check.

- [INAUDIBLE] promised [INAUDIBLE].

- Not at all. They said party, they said come.

- They did not tell me that we would have to stand outside the gates and [INAUDIBLE].

- [INAUDIBLE] like criminals.

- [INAUDIBLE]

- [INAUDIBLE]

- We have our tickets.

- OK.

- It is my birthday.

- OK.

- I'm the birthday girl [INAUDIBLE].

- OK.

- Come on.

- --birthday party. Like--

- Please step back, please. You're not going to step back. You're going to lean into me? Don't lean into me. That's [INAUDIBLE].

- OK, I know y'all didn't come over with that [MUTED].

- --different.

- What's different?

- I asked [INAUDIBLE].

- You asked what?

- [INAUDIBLE]

- Don't come over here with that [MUTED].

- Now [INAUDIBLE].

- [INAUDIBLE]

- What are y'all going to do?

- Big boy trying to get an assault on a police officer charge.

- You got to move out the way. You got to move out the [INAUDIBLE].

- Back up.

- You guys got to push [INAUDIBLE].

- Are we really in the way here? I mean, you got your side door entrance. It's not being blocked by anyone. People can get in over there, I would assume.

- Know this, man.

- [INAUDIBLE]

- I have never seen such a police force at a party. I was invited to.

- [INAUDIBLE]

- This is absolutely ridiculous. I am leaving a 1 star Yelp review.

- [INAUDIBLE] have crumbs from your table. That's it. And tell you jokes to make you laugh.

- --say something to him. Come on, say something to him.

- We wanted to make you laugh.

- Come on.

- Share some [INAUDIBLE].

- 1 star. 1 star Yelp review. This party sucks.

- [INAUDIBLE]

- Oh, I'm bored. For real.

- There you go.

- And the security? Kind of mean.

- [INAUDIBLE]

- Slightly mean. 1 star, maybe 2. Maybe 2.

You know, you're dapper. I'll give you 2 stars for the outfit. But the attitude? That's a 1 star.

- We slice like that.

- It's a 1 star.

- Yeah, I have never been so disrespected at a party in my life.

- [INAUDIBLE] on my birthday!

- We slice like that.

- On my birthday!

- We slice like that.

- That's--

- So rude.

- Exactly. [INAUDIBLE]

- Shove--