'It Is Unacceptable': Hakeem Jeffries Denounces Burning Of The Flag By Pro-Hamas Protesters

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At his weekly press briefing on Thursday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) spoke about the demonstrations out Capitol Hill as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke.

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00:00Considering the demonstrations that we saw outside the building and everything, many

00:06of these folks associate with the left wing of your party.

00:10Talk about that divide and how Republicans would use that as politics against Democrats.

00:16Moreover, there were only, I think, 23 arrests here, a grand total of half a blitz and elsewhere.

00:22Should the Columbia U.S. Attorney be trying to prosecute these folks more forcefully?

00:27Should that be an issue that maybe there aren't enough prosecutions?

00:31It's not clear to me that any of the protesters associate with the left wing of the Democratic

00:37Party when these are individuals who have been aggressively protesting members of the

00:43House Democratic Caucus every week, every month, year after year from October 7th in

00:52connection with our support for the special relationship between the United States and

00:57Israel.

00:58So that's a factual assumption that is inaccurate.

01:02With respect to the unlawful activity that we've seen take place, particularly immediately

01:13outside of Union Station, it is unacceptable to deface public property, desecrate the American

01:23flag, threaten Jews with violence, or promote terrorist organizations like Hamas.

01:31Unacceptable.

01:34Anyone who engages in that activity should be held accountable to the full extent of

01:39the law.

01:41Not that complicated.

'It Is Unacceptable': Hakeem Jeffries Denounces Burning Of The Flag By Pro-Hamas Protesters

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