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Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, who was tapped to pb the Department of State nether the 2nd Trump administration, was repeatedly interrupted by protesters during his Senate proceeding connected Wednesday.
One pistillate protester was heard shouting astatine Rubio successful Spanish, portion astatine slightest 2 men, including 1 wearing pink, were seen being pulled retired of the proceeding by Capitol Police aft shouting.
"I get bilingual protesters," Rubio quipped aft a protester yelled astatine him successful Spanish, earning laughter from the crowd.
Ahead of the proceeding kicking disconnected connected Wednesday morning, Fox News Digital spotted Code Pink protesters wearing agleam pinkish with shirts reading, "hands of Iran," and "stop sidesplitting the children of Gaza." They besides sported anti-Rubio stickers connected their headbands and hats.
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Protesters were warned by the seat of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee up of the proceeding kicking disconnected to not disrupt proceedings, saying they volition beryllium removed from the proceeding and would not beryllium permitted to a nationalist proceeding for astatine slightest a year.
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"Distractions volition see not lone noise, not lone lasting up, not lone holding up painted hands, painted signs. None of that volition beryllium allowed. If you bash that, I'm going to intermission the committee. I'm going to inquire our friends, archetypal of all, my, my faithful, Sergeant astatine Arms present -- who's, perhaps, tougher than the Capitol Police. But besides the Capitol Police to assist. And, we volition intermission concisely … If you are removed, you'll not beryllium permitted backmost into 1 of these nationalist hearings for astatine slightest 12 months. And, that's the intent of this is, arsenic I've stated, and it's important work," Republican Idaho Sen. James Risch, seat of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said successful opening remarks.
A fistful of President-elect Donald Trump's picks for his furniture are facing Senate hearings this week up of his inauguration connected Monday.
Department of Energy Secretary nominee Chris Wright's confirmation proceeding was besides interrupted by protesters connected Wednesday, who shouted if his policies would "put retired the fires successful LA."
Protesters besides interrupted Pete Hegseth's Senate confirmation proceeding connected Tuesday, erstwhile helium joined the Senate Armed Services Committee and helium was grilled by lawmakers up of a committee ballot and last confirmation ballot connected his information arsenic caput of Defense.
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"Veterans are committing suicide and are homeless, but we nonstop wealth to weaponry children successful Gaza," 1 pistillate protester wearing fatigues shouted arsenic she was escorted from the hearing, Fox News Digital video shows.
An aged antheral who was handcuffed with zipties was besides seen being escorted retired of the hearing. Another man, besides appearing to deterioration fatigues, was seen being carried retired by Capitol Police.
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., asked Hegseth astir the protesters during his hearing, including regarding the warfare successful Israel that has been ongoing since 2023.
"Another protester, and I deliberation this 1 was a subordinate of Code Pink, which, by the way, is simply a Chinese communist beforehand radical these days, said that you enactment Israel's warfare successful Gaza. I enactment Israel's existential warfare successful Gaza. I assume, similar maine and President Trump, you enactment that warfare arsenic well," Cotton said.
"I enactment Israel destroying and sidesplitting each past subordinate of Hamas," Hegseth responded.
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