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Thread #173989 Message #4222578
Posted By: Helen
15-May-25 - 03:33 PM
Thread Name: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Musk coup 2
Subject: RE: Convicted felon US 47 Pres /Musk coup 2
And this is one of the issues Trump has to take responsibility for, RFK announcing cuts to Medicaid and then he was interrupted by a protest raising issues about the war in Gaza and Israel's actions leading to the deaths of over 50,000 people in Gaza:
"In short: Ben Cohen, the co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, was detained by US Capitol Police and removed from a senate hearing after interrupting a testimony delivered by Robert F Kennedy Jr.
"The 74-year-old was among a group of demonstrators who startled the health secretary by shouting that 'Congress pays for bombs to kill children in Gaza'.
"The businessman and philanthropist later told supporters that he plans to continue lobbying the US government to allow food and humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip."
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"The health secretary [RFK Jr] had been speaking about his department's budget proposal to slash Medicaid — the health insurance program for low-income families — when Mr Cohen stood up and interjected, before being placed in handcuffs by police."
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"Israel's war in Gaza began after the October 7, 2023 attack by the Hamas terror organisation, which resulted in the deaths of 1,218 people on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.
"Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed at least 52,928 people in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to figures from the territory's Hamas-run health ministry, which the United Nations considers reliable.
"Gaza is at 'critical risk of famine', with the entire population facing a food crisis after more than two months of an Israeli aid blockade, and 22 percent facing a humanitarian 'catastrophe', a UN-backed food security monitor warned this week."