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A group of lawmakers including Speaker Mike Johnson marched down to Washington, D.C.'s Union Station connected Wednesday evening to switch nan American emblem that had been torn down and burned successful protestation of Benjamin Netanyahu's reside to Congress.
In scenes reminiscent of nan fraternity brothers who protected nan emblem during protests astatine nan University of North Carolina, nan group of Republicans, including Reps. Rudy Yakym, Ind., Derrick Van Orden, Wis., Morgan Luttrell, Texas and Brandon Williams, N.Y., hung nan emblem up and said nan Pledge of Allegiance.
Earlier successful nan time officers were engaged successful convulsive scenes arsenic thousands of demonstrators descended successful Washington D.C. to vent their fury astatine nan Israeli Prime Minister complete nan warfare successful Gaza.
Vice President Kamala Harris condemned nan 'despicable acts by unpatriotic protestors and vulnerable hate-fueled rhetoric' extracurricular nan Capitol connected Wednesday.
In scenes reminiscent of nan fraternity brothers who protected nan emblem during protests astatine nan University of North Carolina, nan group of Republicans, including Reps. Rudy Yakym, Ind., Derrick Van Orden, Wis., Morgan Luttrell, Texas and Brandon Williams, N.Y., hung nan emblem up and said nan Pledge of Allegiance
Members guidelines by nan emblem arsenic constabulary assistance them successful hoisting it up
The emblem had been torn down and burned earlier successful nan day
Republicans instantly sought to necktie nan rioters to their Democratic opponents. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries tried to region Democrats from nan protests.
'It's not clear to maine that immoderate of nan protesters associated pinch nan near helping of nan Democratic Party erstwhile these are individuals who person been aggressively protesting members of nan House Democratic Congress, each week, each month, twelvemonth aft year, from October 7 In relationship pinch our support for nan typical narration betwixt nan United States and Israel.'
An image of members of nan school's Pi Kappa Phi, Alpha Epsilon Pi and different fraternities holding up nan U.S. emblem went viral connected societal media successful May.
The patriotic enactment drew complete $500,000 successful donations to propulsion nan groups an 'epic rager.' Netanyahu gave nan students a shoutout successful his address.
'I wish to salute nan fraternity brothers astatine nan University of North Carolina for protecting nan American emblem against these anti-Israel protesters,' he said to applause and chants of 'USA' from Congress.
Meanwhile, constabulary estimated that complete 10,000 protestors descended upon Capitol Hill to telephone for an extremity to nan 'genocide' successful Gaza and request a ceasefire.
Frat boys astatine UNC Chapel Hill situation American emblem successful protection arsenic pro Palestine mob runs wild
Participants locomotion past an effigy arsenic protesters against nan warfare successful Gaza and US weapons income to Israel stitchery extracurricular nan US Capitol
Demonstrators group occurrence connected an effigy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
The protesters besides burned an effigy of Netanyahu and displayed different 1 of him pinch devil horns and humor spraying retired of his mouth.
They spray painted statues extracurricular nan city's train position pinch slogans for illustration 'Hamas is coming' and 'Zionists are bastards.'
'Part of nan crowd has started to go convulsive astatine First Street and Constitution Avenue, NW. The crowd grounded to obey our bid to move backmost from our constabulary line. We are deploying capsicum spray towards anyone trying to break nan rule and transverse that line,' Capitol Police said successful a connection astatine 1 point.
Amtrak Northeast riders were told to 'expect delays adjacent Washington Union Station and intermittent closures of entrances/exits.'
Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips, Minn., reacted pinch scary astatine nan show of a Hamas emblem being flown conscionable extracurricular nan U.S. Capitol.
'I ne'er imagined seeing nan emblem of a panic group holding 8 Americans hostage for 292 days waved successful nan streets of our nation's Capitol. Over a cardinal Americans person fixed their lives to protect that correct - including my ain father,' he wrote connected X.
Protestors pain a photograph of Benjamin Netanyahu extracurricular of Union Station connected July 24
Protesters pain an American Flag extracurricular of Union Station pursuing Netanyahu's address
- Police detain a Pro-Palestinian protester astatine Union Station
A demonstrator shouts slogans successful beforehand of constabulary officers
Anti-Israel rioters burned nan US flag, flaunted blood-red paint-soaked effigies, and moreover attempted to breach nan US Capitol Police statement i
Meanwhile adjacent to half of Congressional Democrats skipped Netanyahu's Capitol reside owed to tensions complete nan ongoing warfare pinch nan Hamas panic group successful Gaza.
They judge Netanyahu has not done capable to protect civilians - a reported 40,000 person died since nan warfare began - to let successful assistance aliases to get hostages back.
Most notable absences see Vice President Kamala Harris, who would person presided complete nan Senate, but is claiming a scheduling conflict, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and nan 2nd astir powerful Democratic Senator Dick Durbin D-Ill
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