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Video's content begins @56:44

For a quick look of the general vibe see @1:04:32

"We now stand at a moment where many are again making the bet that we’re too divided, we’re too distracted at home to stay the course..." says Blinken in his speech about supporting Israel and Ukraine, as he is repeatedly disrupted by activists demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to funding genocide and are gradually pulled out of the room one-by-one by the Capitol Police.

Remarks on the State Department website: https://www.state.gov/opening-remarks-by-secretary-antony-j-blinken-before-the-senate-appropriations-committee-on-a-review-of-the-national-security-supplemental-request/

The several statements and chants by activists demanding an end to the bombing of Gaza and genocide of Palestinians are listed only as "(Interruption.)" in the transcript.

I just happened to be reading that transcript and was curious what the repeated "interruptions" were, assuming it would be something like this, so I checked the video out. In the vid you can see the tense atmosphere as Blinken attempts to deliver his soulless advertisement-like speech in a firm optimistic or "inspiring" tone, making statements about how the US's adversaries have assessed the US is internally divided but the US is actually a resilient and strong leader, while the chairwoman has to keep hitting the gavel and pausing the hearing as activists shouting "genocide" at Blinken are dragged out one by one by the cops, while Blinken sits in a tense, irritated, and pathetic posture and then keeps trying to continue with his sales pitch tone between interruptions and being called a genocide supporter, with others sitting in the hearing behind him looking variously annoyed, drained, and bleak

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I thought the format of this protest was really great - the silent raised red hands, and the interrupters taking turns to maximize the disruption.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Blinken is just below Kirby (the fascist, not the fictional round creature) on my I Would Thoroughly Enjoy Engaging In Very Violent Action Toward This Person (USian Politician Edition)(TM) list

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of the folks on Hexbear shared this picture:

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Let me be the first one in this thread to say FUCK THAT MISLEADER AUSTIN. Ain't fuckin nothing "honorable" about him, having come from the same struggle and oppression we all do in community if not MORE OF IT given his age and still misleading, still begging for tithes at the pulpit for the crackers' wars. Fuck him, fuck his whole bloodline.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: