🚨BREAKING: Anti-Israel protesters shut down Senate cafeteria shouting “That is the Home of the folks, the Senate can’t eat till Gaza eats.” pic.twitter.com/dYQzF30O4d
— I Meme Subsequently I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) April 9, 2024
So, is that this a brand new January sixth?
Are these folks going to be despatched to rot in a particular political jail for months and years for having violated the sacred nature of our candy democracy?
It appears solely constant that this might be the case.
Dozens of anti-Israel protesters had been arrested Tuesday after storming by a Senate workplace constructing and briefly inflicting the cafeteria to be shut down, in line with Capitol Police.The mob of demonstrators marched contained in the Dirksen Senate Workplace Constructing at round 12:30 p.m. whereas chanting phrases equivalent to “Senate can’t eat till Gaza eats!”
“Roughly 50 folks had been arrested for illegally demonstrating contained in the Dirksen Senate Workplace Constructing this afternoon. It’s unlawful to exhibit inside any of the Congressional Buildings,” Capitol Police advised The Submit.
(The individuals who make these guidelines are the identical individuals who whine about Tiananmen Sq. experiencing a “bloodbath.” Simply so that you perceive.)
Christians for a Free Palestine took credit score for orchestrating the demonstration alongside CodePink, a self-described grassroots feminist group infamous for inflicting disruptions at quite a few congressional hearings.
“Over 50 Christian leaders from throughout the US nonviolently blockaded the Senate Cafeteria to strain the Senate and their staffers to assist a everlasting ceasefire in Gaza, restore assist to UNRWA, and finish navy funding to Israel,” Christians for a Free Palestine advised The Submit.“They introduced that they’d not go away or let anybody get meals within the Senate Cafeteria till nourishing meals is distributed to Gaza and the U.S. stops funding the bombs which have killed over 33,000 Palestinians.”
Christians for a Free Palestine estimated that roughly 55 activists, together with about 30 ordained clergy, had been detained by authorities when requested by The Submit.
We’re going to have to attend and see what the narrative about this one is.
It will not be surprising if pro-Palestine protesters had been deemed “the brand new home terrorists,” and hunted like pro-Trump folks had been just a few years in the past.
Nevertheless, it’s additionally potential that received’t occur.
Protesters demonstrating in opposition to the warfare in Gaza repeatedly interrupted a Tuesday Senate listening to attended by Protection Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Employees Chair Gen. Charles Brown.
“Cease killing my folks,” one demonstrator stated. “Cease funding Israel.”
Gaza… pic.twitter.com/ZHJKIbdbc8
— The Hill (@thehill) April 9, 2024
