Republican says he was 'assaulted' by a 'pro-Hamas' protester outside Milwaukee convention: Demonstrator is arrested as tensions run high

Rep. Derrick Van Orden said he was 'assaulted' by an anti-Israel protester astatine nan Republican National Convention (RNC) who was later arrested. 

'While opinionated successful statement to participate an arena astatine nan RNC today, I was assaulted by what appeared to beryllium a personnel of nan pro-Hamas group CODEPINK,' Van Orden said.

Code Pink, nan rabble-rousing wide activistic group, is simply a fixture connected Capitol Hill, these days often confronting politicians complete Israel policy. 

The Wisconsin Republican added that a constabulary serviceman witnessed nan incident and arrested nan protester.

'This appears to beryllium an incident of governmental unit and I will ne'er tolerate this.'

The confrontation occurred conscionable days aft erstwhile President Donald Trump was changeable astatine a Butler, Pa. rally. 

'Republicans person been intimidated and targeted for years including nan attempted assassination of President Trump and we will nary longer standby and let lawlessness,' Van Orden went on. 

Earlier Tuesday, constabulary officers shot dormant a knife-wielding man in a hail of bullets little than a mile from nan convention. The incident was not believed to beryllium related to nan convention. 

Van Orden, meanwhile, is demanding nan House group up an emergency sheet to analyse nan Trump assassination attempt, which he blamed connected rhetoric from nan media and Democrats. 

'I dream [the shooting] changes nan temper pinch nan press,' Van Orden said successful an question and reply pinch DailyMail.com astatine nan Republican National Convention (RNC) successful his location authorities of Milwaukee. 

'For complete a decade, nan property successful collusion pinch nan Democrat Party utilized to beryllium nan near helping Democrats now became mainstream. For complete a decade they've been saying that Trump is simply a Nazi. He's Hitler. He is fascist, he's gonna destruct democracy. He's against each American values. President Biden said it's clip to put a bullseye connected President Trump.'

Van Orden went on: 'Put yourself successful nan shoes of that that 20-year-old trying to termination him. Since nan clip he was 11 aliases 12, he has been proceeding each those vitriolic lies astir nan president.' 

'What other would make a 20-year-old climb a tile nan tile knowing that for judge he's gonna get killed by taking a changeable astatine nan president different than nan truth that he had been radicalized by nan near helping portion of nan Democrat statement that turned mainstream and has been projected to him since he was 11 by nan media?' 

While nan shooting prompted bipartisan condemnation and calls to reside down rhetoric, immoderate Republicans were speedy to constituent fingers astatine wide hyperbole astir Trump. 

'Democrats and liberals successful nan media person called Trump a fascist. They've compared him to Hitler,' Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., posted connected X. 

'This isn't immoderate unfortunate incident,' Scott's station continued. 'This was an assassination effort by a madman inspired by nan rhetoric of nan extremist left.' 

The now-deceased gunman was a 20-year-old Pennsylvania local. He was a registered Republican who had made a mini aid to nan Biden campaign. 

Van Orden said nan Secret Service had 'failed' that time successful Butler, Pa., but refrained from calling for anyone to beryllium fired. 

'When your 1 occupation is to make judge nan erstwhile president does not get shot, and nan erstwhile president gets shot, there's intelligibly a problem - you person grounded your superior mission.'

Van Orden said he's implored Speaker Mike Johnson to 'not grip this nan measurement Congress usually handles things.'

'There's really 4 different committees that person jurisdiction. I don't want a full bunch of committees doing their ain small thing.'  

'We person to person a typical committee that's comprised of members of those committees and different members pinch taxable matter. expertise. We request to get this together very soon. And it needs to beryllium wholly completely open. Meaning nan American group person to spot everything we're doing each personification we're talking to each portion of accusation that we have, truthful that they understand what nan heck is going on.'