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Senator says Rubio protesters speaking in English are ‘making progress’
A US senator said a pro-Palestinian heckler speaking in English was a sign of 'progress' after the demonstrator interrupted Marco Rubio during a Senate committee hearing.
The protester cried “stop the genocide, there is a blood bath going on”, as they were dragged out of the Capitol Hill building in Washington DC on Tuesday (20 May).
Republican senator Jim Risch said: "Senator Rubio, we’re making progress, there’s protests in English now. Remember last time.”
In January, protesters speaking Spanish interrupted the secretary of state’s opening statement at his confirmation hearing,
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