Protesters arrested in congressional building ahead of Netanyahu address [View all]
Source: The Hill
he U.S. Capitol Police said it arrested a group of pro-Palestinian protestors who occupied the Cannon Rotunda on Tuesday, a day before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to deliver an address to Congress. “We are arresting a group that is illegally demonstrating inside the Cannon Rotunda. Demonstrations are not allowed inside the Congressional Buildings,” the Capitol Police said in a post on the social platform X Tuesday afternoon............
Rep. Dan Kildee’s chief of staff, Mitchell Rivard, said in a statement that the Michigan Democrat’s office called U.S. Capitol Police for assistance due to large demonstrations in the office building.
“Hundreds of protesters outside the office became disruptive, violently beating on the office doors, shouting loudly, and attempting to force entry into the office,” Rivard said in the statement.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4789080-capitol-police-arrest-pro-palestinian-protestors/
This does not help. it has bad idea written all over it. Plays right into the GOP Law and Order play book. The comparisons to 1/6 will start in 5,4,3,2,1..........
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