A large group of pro-Palestine protesters staged a protest inside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday afternoon.
The group of protesters were seen wearing red shirts that read, “Jews say stop arming Israel.”
After refusing to leave the Capitol, Capitol Police officers started to make arrests.
In a statement on X, the Capitol Police wrote, “We are arresting a group that is illegally demonstrating inside the Cannon Rotunda. Demonstrations are not allowed inside the Congressional Buildings.”
“We told the people who legally entered to stop or they would be arrested. They did not stop, so we are arresting them,” added the Capitol Police.
INSURRECTION: Antisemitic rioters storm the United States Capitol pic.twitter.com/NWn8ZyVR3G
— Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) July 23, 2024
BREAKING: Pro Palestine idiots just took over the Cannon House office building on Capitol Hill.
Storming government buildings represents a major threat to our democracy.
Pre-trial solitary confinement for at least a year at minimum.
pic.twitter.com/y85cN0pDTO— Greg Price (@greg_price11) July 23, 2024
Per Fox 5 DC:
A group of demonstrators wearing red shirts that read “Jews say stop arming Israel,” have taken to the Cannon Rotunda on Capitol Hill.
The protesters have taken a seat and are chanting on the Cannon House Office Building’s floor. There appears to be at least one hundred people involved in the sit-in.
FOX 5 observed at least a dozen people being zip tied and escorted out by Capitol Police officers.
Capitol Police released the following statement via X:
“We are arresting a group that is illegally demonstrating inside the Cannon Rotunda. Demonstrations are not allowed inside the Congressional Buildings.
We told the people, who legally entered, to stop or they would be arrested. They did not stop, so we are arresting them.”
UPDATE: PRO-HAMAS ACTIVISTS WERE ARRESTED…
— Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) July 23, 2024
🚨HAPPENING NOW: Pro-Hamas rioters have stormed the United States Capitol.
INSURRECTION!!! pic.twitter.com/iEeb6DOuUu
— Proud Elephant 🇺🇸🦅 (@ProudElephantUS) July 23, 2024
Per DC News Now:
The U.S. Capitol Police started to arrest pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the Capitol on Tuesday afternoon.
Starting at 3 p.m., a group with Jewish Voice for Peace refused to leave the Cannon Building Rotunda. According to an email from the group, 400 American Jews, including two dozen rabbis, participated in the sit-in.
Pro-Palestine protest breaks out against Israeli Prime Minister’s visit to DC
For nine months, we’ve watched in horror as the Israeli government has carried out a genocide, armed and funded by the US. Congress and the Biden administration have the power to end this horror today. Instead, our president is preparing to meet with Netanyahu and Congressional leadership has honored him with an invitation to address Congress. Enough is enough. Biden and congress must listen to the people: We need an arms embargo now to save lives.
We are arresting a group that is illegally demonstrating inside the Cannon Rotunda. Demonstrations are not allowed inside the Congressional Buildings. We told the people, who legally entered, to stop or they would be arrested. They did not stop, so we are arresting them. pic.twitter.com/UVhfO9uroo
— The U.S. Capitol Police (@CapitolPolice) July 23, 2024
