House Speaker Mike Johnson led Republican lawmakers in replacing American flags that were removed and burned at Union Station during anti-Israel protests.
House Republicans visited Union Station late Wednesday night and replaced the American flags anti-Israel protesters had burned and replaced with Palestinian flags earlier in the day. House Speaker Mike Johnson spoke with the press as the American flags were being put back up. The anti-Israel protesters descended on the nation's capital as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered an address before Congress.
man who walked by the protest and remarked that he was Jewish and was offended by the language was then chased down the street, yelled at and called 'Hitler' by agitators. He and a woman were later let inside a building to get away from the protesters. When a Fox News reporter asked why they followed the man, one said it was because he was White and Jewish. Earlier in the day, hundreds of protesters had gathered on Pennsylvania Avenue and 3rd Street, outside the Gallery of Art.
No flags under our protection have been removed or vandalized. Our officers will enforce the law if anyone attempts to remove a flag in USCP jurisdiction. To clear up inaccurate reporting,' they said in a statement. Fox News' Meghan Tome and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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