Florida Republican Senator. Marco Rubiowho was appointed to lead the State Department under Trump's second administration, was repeatedly interrupted by protesters during the Senate hearing on Wednesday.
One female protester was heard shouting at Rubio in Spanish, while at least two men, one wearing pink, were seen being pulled from the hearing by Capitol Police after shouting.
“I have bilingual protesters,” Rubio joked after a protester shouted at him in Spanish, prompting laughter from the crowd.
Before the session began on Wednesday morning, Fox News Digital spotted Code Pink protesters wearing bright pink clothing and T-shirts reading “Hands of Iran” and “Stop killing Gaza’s children.” They also placed anti-Rubio stickers on their bandanas and hats.
Hegseth was interrupted by several protesters during her Senate confirmation hearing
A protester is removed from the chamber as US Senator Marco Rubio testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on his nomination to be Secretary of State, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on January 15, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds) / AFP (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
The protesters were warned by the president From the Senate Foreign Relations Committee before the hearing began to not disrupt the proceedings, saying they would be removed from the hearing and not allowed to return to a public hearing for at least a year.
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WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 15: A demonstrator demonstrates as US President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of State, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 15, 2025. In Washington, DC. Rubio, a three-term senator and member of the Foreign Relations Committee, has broad bipartisan support from his Senate colleagues, but is expected to face questions about Trump's plans for Greenland, US relations with Russia, and the safe return of hostages held by Hamas. (Photo by Kevin Deitch/Getty Images) (Getty Images)
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“Distractions will include not just noise, not just standing, not just raised hands, painted signs. None of that will be allowed. If you do, I will temporarily suspend the committee. I will ask our friends, first and foremost, your loyal Sergeant at Arms here.” – which is probably more powerful than the Capitol Police but also Capitol Police To help. And we'll pause briefly… If you are removed, you will not be allowed to return to one of these public hearings for at least 12 months. “That's the purpose of this, as I said, and it's important work,” Idaho Republican Sen. James Risch, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in his opening remarks.
A bunch of President-elect Donald Trump His cabinet nominees face Senate hearings this week before his inauguration on Monday.
Protesters outside Senator Marco Rubio's Senate hearing.
Protesters also boycotted the confirmation hearing for DOE nominee Chris Wright on Wednesday, chanting whether his policies would “put out the fires in Los Angeles.”
Protesters also boycotted Pete Hegseth's Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, when he joined the Senate Armed Services Committee, when lawmakers questioned him ahead of the committee's vote and the final vote on his nomination for Defense Secretary.
“Veterans commit suicide They are homeless, but we are sending money to bomb children in Gaza,” shouted a protester in military uniform as she was escorted from the hearing, Fox News Digital video showed.
An elderly man in handcuffs was also seen being escorted out of the hearing. There was another man, who also appeared to be wearing a military uniform She was seen being carried out by Capitol Police.
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, asked Hegseth about the protesters during the hearing, including the ongoing war in Israel since 2023.
“Another protester said, and I think this person was a member of Code Pink, which, by the way, is a Chinese communist front group these days, you support Israel's war in Gaza. I support Israel's existential war in Gaza. I assume you are, like me and “President Trump, you support that war, too.”
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Hegseth responded, saying, “I support Israel destroying and killing every member of Hamas.”
