Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.’s Senate hearing on Wednesday was immediately thrown into chaos when several protesters, including a co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, began screaming, causing them to be removed.
“You’re killing poor kids in Gaza and paying for it by cutting Medicaid for kids here,” Ben Cohen appeared to shout during the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing before being escorted out by U.S. Capitol Police officers.
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen was just dragged out of RFK Jr.’s HHS budget hearing—protesting from the front row before being removed by security. pic.twitter.com/ELyHQji5Au
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Kennedy looked visibly shaken at the first protester’s initial shout, which caused heads
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