Secretary of State Antony Blinken faced fire from both senators and pro-Hamas protesters during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Tuesday. But one could argue the rough actions of the Capitol Police stole at least part of the show.
The committee hearing was supposed to be centered around the Biden regime’s budget request for the 2025 fiscal year. But as Blinken entered the room, the protesters led by Code Pink greeted him with cries of “war criminal,” “Secretary of Genocide,” and other unfriendly names.
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NOW: As @SecBlinken enters a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, this is how we greeted him:
“SECRETARY OF GENOCIDE!”
“WAR CRIMINAL!”
“THE BLOOD OF 40,000 PALESTINIANS IS ON YOUR HANDS!”
“EMBARASSMENT TO INTERNATIONAL LAW!” pic.twitter.com/CGRUtwqT7a— CODEPINK (@codepink) May 21, 2024
The hearing went further south as the agitators started screaming like maniacs as Blinken tried to speak. One man, who has been identified as Mohamad Habehh from American Muslims for Palestine, called Blinken “the butcher of Gaza” while blaming Israelis for the death of a little Palestinian girl.
“HIND RAJAB WAS 6 YEARS OLD WHEN ISRAELIS KILLED HER! YOU WILL BE REMEMBERED AS THE BUTCHER OF GAZA!”
Mohamad Habehh of @AMPalestine confronts @SecBlinken as he testifies to Congress right now: pic.twitter.com/U1hH53D0ez
— CODEPINK (@codepink) May 21, 2024
Capitol Police proceeded to yank him out of the room while he continued screaming. Code Pink says he is facing charges of resisting arrest and assaulting police.
Capitol Police roughly removed Mohamad from the hearing room, injuring others in the process, and have baselessly threatened him with resisting arrest and assaulting an officer.
Here is the video of the arrest: https://t.co/OgfswjnMvT pic.twitter.com/Lhotfq9OGx
— CODEPINK (@codepink) May 21, 2024
Code Pink claimed as one of their protesters was being roughly pushed out of the hearing room, a former U.S. diplomat turned anti-war demonstrator named Ann Wright was injured during the commotion.
Capitol Police then escorted her out while she yelled, “Stop the genocide!”
While arresting one protestor in today’s Foreign Relations hearing with @SecBlinken, Capitol Police injured @AnnWright46, retired colonel and former diplomat.
As she was forced out of the room, she yelled “Stop the genocide!” pic.twitter.com/TJhOGmIB7t
— CODEPINK (@codepink) May 21, 2024
The situation grew even more chaotic when another Code Pink loon, identified as “Olivia,” started accusing Blinken of war crimes, forcing the Secretary of State to turn around.
“Blinken is a war criminal! He is a war criminal!” she bellowed. “The blood of 40,000 Palestinians is on his hands!”
NOW: @SecBlinken continues to be disrupted during his testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
“Blinken is a war criminal! He is a war criminal! The blood of 40,000 Palestinians is on his hands!” pic.twitter.com/bmx0CTfkrJ
— CODEPINK (@codepink) May 21, 2024
Capitol Police carried “Olivia” out like a sack of potatoes. Like Mohamed, the woman is reportedly facing charges of resisting arrest and assaulting a cop.
The Capitol Police violently carried Olivia out of the hearing room.
They’ve threatened her with charges of resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer. https://t.co/WeYIm3nEMH pic.twitter.com/S6jPALd2s1
— CODEPINK (@codepink) May 21, 2024