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March 23, 2023

CodePink Activists Disrupt Blinken's Senate Testimony, Call for Diplomacy Over Wars
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On Capitol Hill, peace activists with the group Code Pink repeatedly
interrupted U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Wednesday as he
testified to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. This is Code Pink
founder Medea Benjamin.

Medea Benjamin: "The American people don't want to keep fueling a proxy
war with Russia that could lead us to World War III or a nuclear
holocaust. You're supposed to be a diplomat. Start negotiating! You
know, if you don't like the Chinese proposal, where is your peace
proposal?"

Police moved in to arrest Code Pink members as they delivered their
messages to Blinken and senators.


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