Missouri’s Republican senator Josh Hawley unleashed on Code Pink activists who confronted him in the halls of Congress on Thursday, videos first obtained by The Daily Wire show.
As the senator took a question from a reporter about TikTok, the head of Code Pink, Medea Benjamin, questioned Hawley, “How about weapons to Israel?” holding a phone up to his face to record his response. Hawley, aware of which group she was with, quickly responded: “Oh, you’re the China people! You are 100% funded by the Chinese Communist Party.”
Code Pink is a far-left anti-war group known for its antisemitism and ties to China. The New York Times reported in 2023 that the group is part of a “lavishly funded influence campaign” working closely with “the Chinese government media machine” to promote the CCP — it has, in turn, gone as far as defending the Chinese detention of Uyghur Muslims.
The group, which has aligned with Hamas since its October 7, 2023 terrorist attack against Israel, has repeatedly protested against Hawley, who has defended the Trump administration in its efforts to deport anti-Israel protesters who promote Hamas on college campuses.