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More than 50 protesters were arrested Tuesday after attacking a cafeteria inside the Dirksen Senate office building. Some people attending the protests could be heard saying “The Senate can't eat until Gaza eats!”
Fox News host Harris Faulkner described the space that protesters had occupied as “the largest cafeteria on the Senate side” of the Capitol complex.
Various protesters can be seen with their hands painted pink and taking turns shouting, “Children in Gaza are dying of hunger” and “People in Gaza are dying.”
Capitol Police reportedly advised that arrests would be made. This prompted one of the Senate protesters to respond, “This is the people's house!”
One woman boldly wears a T-shirt that reads, “Biden's legacy = genocide.”
ЁЯЪиBREAKING: Anti-Israel protesters shut down the Senate cafeteria, chanting “This is the people's house, the Senate can't eat until Gaza eats.” pic.twitter.com/dYQzF30O4d
– I am a meme therefore I am ЁЯЗ║ЁЯЗ╕ (@ImMeme0) 9 April 2024
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Senate protesters disrupt Senate hearing
Reports have linked these protesters who shut down the Senate cafeteria to the same group that repeatedly disrupted a Senate hearing with Pentagon leaders on Tuesday.
These protesters twice disrupted the hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill. They were demanding the US “stop funding Israel” and supporting “genocide” in Gaza.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said there is 'no evidence' of Israel committing genocide in Gaza after being repeatedly interrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters during a Senate hearing.
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– Sky News (@SkyNews) 10 April 2024
The message coming from these protesters is that Israel is committing 'genocide'. However, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testified at a Senate hearing that, “We have no evidence of genocide.”
today I asked @SecDef A simple question: “Is Israel committing genocide in Gaza?”
The spread of that lie, parroted by pro-Hamas activists, is nothing more than anti-Israel propaganda. pic.twitter.com/3eEkqQi5S0
– Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) 9 April 2024
Capitol Police issued a statement reminding protesters in the Senate that, “It is illegal to demonstrate inside any congressional building.”
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Not the primary obstruction in official proceedings
Critics say this isn’t the primary time protesters have disrupted official congressional proceedings. That is the gist of all of the media arguments once they talk about the 'riot' on the Capitol.
In March, greater than a dozen pro-Palestine protesters have been arrested on the Russell Senate Workplace Constructing.
A month earlier, a number of protesters have been arrested contained in the rotunda of the Canon Home workplace constructing. The group of activists have been staging a “die-in”.
Anti-Israel protesters additionally took motion final October when rally attendees led by Consultant Rashida Tlaib (D-MN) stormed the Cannon Constructing, disrupting official proceedings within the Home.
WATCH: A bunch of pro-Palestinian rebels stormed the Capitol right now. Have any of them been arrested, hunted down, or thrown into the Gulag but? Will any of them get a jail sentence of 17-22 years? Vibration. pic.twitter.com/jOV3AFv3sq
– Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) 18 October 2023
Additionally in November, six cops have been injured when pro-Palestinian protesters attacked the headquarters of the Democratic Nationwide Committee (DNC).
