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.
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.
If it were Republicans it would be an insurrection.