Arianne Gieringer

“I just brought up was I was born and raised and spent my entire life in the San Francisco Bay Area. I told her that. This is my home. I have been here my entire life. Are you telling a lifelong San Francisco Bay Area resident that I don't belong there?”

Arianne Gieringer · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20

Gieringer responded to the counterprotester by noting she was a lifelong San Francisco Bay Area resident.

“One of the counter protesters kept shouting at us that we don't belong here because this is San Francisco,”

Arianne Gieringer · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20

Gieringer recounted being told by a counterprotester that she didn't belong at the rally.