Senator Marco Rubio expressed his disdain with the continued vandalization by Hamas protesters Wednesday night in a video posted to the social media platform X.
“If you’re in the United States on a visa and vandalizing property with phrases like “Hamas is coming,” it’s time for you to go.”
The post comes as a massive group of protesters have gathered to demonstrate against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking to Congress on Wednesday.
During the video Rubio addresses the foreign nationals who he says are leading the charge as protests continue to pop up across the country.
“What I am saying is common sense, you’re a visitor, you’re not even an American, you’re a foreign national, you’re here because we gave you a Visa to be here temporarily, and now you’re out there, defending and supporting Hamas a terrorist organization. We need you to go. That’s what this resolution asked the administration to do, and I hope we can get a vote in the senate, so at least everyone will know where everybody here stands,” says Rubio.
An unnamed patriot reached into a smoldering heap Wednesday to rescue an American flag from burning at the hands of pro-Hamas agitators.
The man, who wanted to remain anonymous, was able to successfully save a fragment of Old Glory. He told a local journalist who recorded the incident that he is an attorney who works near Union Station in Washington D.C., where the anti-Israel demonstrations happened.
In a video taken by Richie McGinniss and shared via X, the man stoops down into the flames and takes a fragment of the burning flag with his bare hands.
An angry mob rushes after the unnamed man carrying the burned flag, shouting “Get him!” and banging drums.
In the chase, a pro-Hamas agitator can be seen tripping over a skateboard. The anonymous patriot barely escapes through the crowd, running out of Columbus Circle.
In a later video post, McGinniss shares that the unnamed man said, “I grabbed what I could out of the fire and ran.”
“I’m ashamed I didn’t stop and go back and get the rest of it,” the man told McGinniss.
Agitators also burned an effigy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as an Israeli flag.
At least 23 pro-Hamas agitators were arrested Wednesday during the unruly demonstrations outside Union Station. Vandalism included “F— ISREAL” painted onto brick pavement, with Israel misspelled.
The video of the man saving the flag had over 1.1M views on X as of Wednesday evening.
