Not letting a speaker finish is what good hecklers do, and members of Code Pink were on Capitol Hill this afternoon to heckle Secretary of State John Kerry, early and often.
Code Pink protesters yell "No war in Syria" within seconds of Secretary Kerry's entrance at Senate committee hearing. Promptly kicked out.
— jtr1 (@jtr1) September 3, 2013
After Kerry opening statement, codepink's Medea Benjamin tossed out. Still can hear her in the hallway. pic.twitter.com/E7cG28hH5d
— Sam Sacks (@SamSacks) September 3, 2013
Look at this dude's (in the pink shirt) face. pic.twitter.com/7NvAbAeRQZ It just screams "TYPICAL!"
— RBe (@RBPundit) September 3, 2013
That wasn’t the end of it, though. Additional hecklers broke into Kerry’s testimony, but the Secretary of State let it be known he has his own history of antiwar protest.
John Kerry speaking to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 2013 to attack Syria vs. 1971 to get out of Vietnam. pic.twitter.com/vSzUKRXXNE
— Hunter Schwarz (@hunterschwarz) September 3, 2013
Kerry on Code Pink: "The 1st time I protested before this committee, when I was 27 years old, I had very similar feelings to that protester"
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) September 3, 2013
https://twitter.com/AaronBlakeWP/status/374974288656613376
Kerry says he was once a member of Code Pink.
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) September 3, 2013
Shorter John Kerry: "I'm sympathetic to CodePink… I was one of them. Like last year and shit."
— RBe (@RBPundit) September 3, 2013
If John Kerry had a son he would look like Code Pink. No really.
— Travis (@travton) September 3, 2013
quick on his feet – kerry responds to codepink protester saying he first testified as 27 year old war protester. this will be different
— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) September 3, 2013
This will be different, see.
Shorter John Kerry as CodePink's Medea Benjamin tossed from hearing: I used to be like her until I wasn't
— jeremy scahill (@jeremyscahill) September 3, 2013
https://twitter.com/margimcclelland/status/374975861260570625
https://twitter.com/AdamBlickstein/status/374974624473571328
Code Pink, Cindy Sheehan and Teresa Heinz Kerry are all at this meeting. And we still don't think this is a circus.
— Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) September 3, 2013
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