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