Stars and Stripes Forever: House GOP Members Replace American Flags After Anti-Israel Protests [Watch]

According to a Fox News report, House Republicans visited Union Station Wednesday night to replace American flags that were torn down by anti-Israel protesters earlier in the day during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the joint chambers of Congress.

From Fox News:

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.

At Union Station, protesters removed all three American flags flying outside the historic metro transit hub. They flew Palestinian flags in their place and burned at least one of the American flags that were taken down. Protesters also covered nearby monuments in graffiti.

“We recognize that they flew Palestinian flags on these polls. It is outrageous,” Johnson said. “They were pulled down thankfully.”

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries also condemned the protests in a statement on Thursday.

“Defacing public property, desecrating the American flag, threatening Jews with violence and promoting terrorist groups like Hamas is not acceptable under any circumstance.There is a difference between lawful expression and disorderly conduct. Anyone who violates the law must be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law,” Jeffries wrote.

Watch the clip above.