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Vice President Harris has launched a press release condemning violent anti-Israel rioting that disrupted Washington D.C.’s busiest station.
The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee launched the assertion Thursday, hours after the violent protests towards visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“Yesterday, at Union Station in Washington, D.C. we noticed despicable acts by unpatriotic protesters and harmful hate-fueled rhetoric,” Harris mentioned. “I condemn any people associating with the brutal terrorist group Hamas, which has vowed to annihilate the State of Israel and kill Jews.
The protesters spray-painted monuments and pulled down American flags flying outdoors Union Station, finally lighting them on hearth amid cheers and chants towards Israel.
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An unnamed man many are calling a hero rescued an American flag from burning at a pro-Hamas demonstration outdoors Union Station Wednesday, July 24. (@RichieMcGinniss through X)
Harris explicitly condemned a number of protest indicators seen on the riot that celebrated terrorist group Hamas.
“Professional-Hamas graffiti and rhetoric is abhorrent and we should not tolerate it in our nation,” Harris wrote.
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A professional-Palestinian demonstrator sprays graffiti on Christopher Columbus Memorial Fountain at Union Station, amid the battle between Israel and Hamas, on the day of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s deal with to a joint assembly of Congress on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., July 24, 2024. (REUTERS/Nathan Howard)
The assertion got here simply minutes after Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance criticized Harris on social media for failing to acknowledge the riot.
“Anti-American and pro-Hamas rioters burned the American flag in entrance of the US Capitol, and the lady who desires to be our president remains to be refusing to sentence it,” Vance mentioned on X, moments earlier than Harris’s assertion was launched.
Harris wrote in her assertion, “I condemn the burning of the American flag. That flag is a logo of our highest beliefs as a nation and represents the promise of America. It ought to by no means be desecrated in that manner.”
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“I assist the precise to peacefully protest, however let’s be clear: Antisemitism, hate and violence of any variety don’t have any place in our nation,” the vice chairman concluded.
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VP Harris lastly reacts to DC violence, hours after flag burning by anti-Israel agitators
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