As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to speak to Congress on Wednesday, a large mob of pro-Palestinians gathered outside the U.S. Capitol, waving Palestinian and Hamas flags and marching and chanting anti-Israel slogans, including slogans against President Joe Biden and Netanyahu, whom they called a war criminal.
Capitol Police ended up using pepper spray and other devices to stop what became a violent mob.
“Part of the crowd has started to become violent at First Street and Constitution Avenue, NW. The crowd failed to obey our order to move back from our police line. We are deploying pepper spray towards anyone trying to break the law and cross that line,” the U.S. Capitol Police wrote.
“Five people in the House Gallery just disrupted the Address during the Joint Meeting. All of them were immediately removed from the Gallery and arrested. Disrupting the Congress and demonstrating in the Congressional Buildings is against the law,” the agency said.
Rioters at Union Station, which is near the Capitol, took down the American flag and burned it, and hoisted a Palestinian flag in its place.
One day earlier, a mob took over the Rotunda in the Capitol and were removed, with several arrested. Alaska’s U.S. delegation and staff were not harmed by the riot, although some staffers were not able to get to the Capitol building after lunch due to the mayhem and police actions. Sen. Lisa Murkowski was spotted sitting next to Sen. Susan Collins and Sen. Dan Sullivan was present in the gallery during Netanyahu’s speech. Rep. Mary Peltola was not spotted in the gallery.
“America stands with Israel. Always,” wrote Sen. Sullivan on X/Twitter during the speech to the joint session of Congress. During the speech, Vice President Kamala Harris was absent, even though it is normal for the vice president to preside over the Senate during such state events.
During Netanyahu’s historic remarks, Rep. Rashida Tlaib held a sign that called him a war criminal.
One of Netanyahu’s most memorable lines was, “”Some of these protesters hold up signs proclaiming ‘Gays for Gaza’. They might as well hold up signs saying ‘Chickens for KFC’.” He added, “I have a message for these protesters. When the tyrants of Tehran who hang gays from cranes and murder women for not covering their hair are praising, promoting, and funding you, you have officially become Iran’s useful idiots.”
Sen. Mike Lee posted video of the protesters disembarking from buses several blocks from the Capitol and asked readers who funded the busing of hundreds of protesters and their equipment to D.C.
The protest organizers include Code Pink and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, which is active in Anchorage and which recently disrupted the inauguration of Mayor Suzanne LaFrance in downtown Anchorage.
The real president of America has arrived. Just pathetic.
You really have an issue with Jews.
Few expect much from a one dimensional sports statistic shouting simpleton but have you considered that a long series of unlettered responses may not offset objective detail?
Explain away this:
‘https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsions_and_exoduses_of_Jews
That, or just stick w/ the unlettered and insulting implications you are best known for. Eventually someone will find value in them, right?
109 times expelled from Arab and Europe nations but they didnt do nothin to no one ever. Just poor victims every single time.
So are they going to be incarcerated for years on end without bail? I doubt it.
It was mostly peaceful violence.
LOL Chickens for KFC. Fresh new meme. Also true.
American woke Jews are self-deprecating and self- hating, much like the woke, liberal white Americans who are afflicted with severe guilt. These are not the people you want in your foxhole with you when the bullets start flying. Ben Netenyahu is trying to save his Jewish people in Israel from unforgiving terrorists. Israel is our most reliable ally in the Middle East, and Harris/Biden prefer to ally with the terrorists.
Idiocy seems to have no boundaries with the Democrat Party.
Is Club Gitmo big enough to house them?
Most reliable ally in the Middle East? Is that like saying they’re the lesser of several evils? Cultivating parasitic friends has never been of value to the US and Israel’s behavior has been baffling in great and small. From the USS Liberty to the fact that Ben is best known for bringing a mountain of filthy laundry to the US for White House staff to clean on every visit.
‘https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/benjamin-netanyahu-us-visits-dirty-laundry/2020/09/23/8407f52c-fdb3-11ea-830c-a160b331ca62_story.html
Baffling behavior, userous, rude and continuously needy. Come do my laundry and then lend me a bunch of cash, will you? How much you got?
Your commentary, petty and unproductive.
You do not like Netanyahu. That is your prerogative, but at least give us some factual concise argument and not this clap-trap about some supposed dirty laundry, nobody cares about.
The fourth largest paper in the US reports about it as an interesting (and rude) item of public curiosity. I’ll let them know you find their writing petty. They’ll be in touch I’m sure.
Thank you for making my point SC.
It appears that you can’t be bothered to come up with anything substantive to say as it relates to Netanyahu’s political approach, his speech or insights into Israel’s policy to move forward against Hamas terrorists. So you dig up a WP article from almost 4 years ago, which has been denounced and debunked.
You use the WP to make silly claims about dirty clothing, which are not germane to the geopolitical issues, but meant as a smear distraction.
If this depicts the quality of reporting at the WP, I’d rather read the National Inquirer. I will most likely get more relevant facts from them.
Out of idle curiosity, where do you stand in regards to the billions of taxpayer dollars sent to Ukraine?
If it were Republicans it would be an insurrection.
The little sign Tlaib is holding below her chin is an appropriate label for her. Double standard of the left in full display with these antics. As others had said above if for any reason the ‘protestors’ had been out there for a conservative cause they would be arrested and thrown in prison. Most of those ‘protesting’ likely do not even understand what they are protesting and have been paid, indirectly, by at least one of the globalist Marxist billionaires.
Rep. Tlaib needs to decide which country she is representing! As a member of our government to display this sign to a foreign leader, in her official capacity, is really unacceptable. If she did not feel she could be polite and observe decorum, she should have stayed home!
Strange. MSM keeps telling us it is the right wingers that are violent, but it is the leftist that continue to prove otherwise.
Dems have really lost the plot. There is no other choice at this point but to MAGA.
Love wins.
Rashida Tlaib is dumb as dirt, and that’s an insult to dirt.
Lenin had a term for them. Useful idiots.
Senator Lee’s request is troubling, do not recall him requesting organizers of busses to Charlotsville be investigated. These protesters were also at the RNC in Milwaukee unseen from the cameras as the convention security perimeter was much larger than at the Capitol.
Kamala Harris laid out her vision during her recent speech in Wisconsin when she said “Do we want to live in a country of freedom, compassion and rule of law or a country of chaos, fear and hate?” she obviously has chosen chaos, fear and hate.
Steve-O Damn son, two great comments in one day! You are on a roll!
BTW, everything a leftist Commie accuses you of is the exact thing they are actually doing.
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