Activist says US congressman knocked cellphone from her hand as she asked about Israel-Hamas war

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Activist says US congressman knocked cellphone from her hand as she asked about Israel-Hamas war
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An antiwar activist says a U.S. congressman from Mississippi knocked a cellphone out of her hand as she asked about the Israel-Hamas war. The antiwar group CodePink released a video with one of its activists asking Republican Rep.

FILE - U.S. Rep. Mike Ezell, R-Miss., poses for a photo in Carriere, Miss., May 19, 2022. An antiwar activist says a U.S. congressman from Mississippi knocked a cellphone out of her hand as she asked about the Israel-Hamas war. The incident happened Tuesday as Republican Rep. Mike Ezell walked to a meeting in Washington. JACKSON, Miss. — A U.S.

First-term Republican Rep. Mike Ezell was walking in a hallway before a House committee meeting in Washington when two activists from the antiwar group CodePink asked him about theCodePink identified the second woman as Sumer Mobarak, who is Palestinian American. The video shows her asking Ezell: “You want the killing of my people, my Palestinian people?

“Shut up. Knock it off,” Ezell says as the video shows him extending a hand and knocking down the cellphone that was being used for recording. Mobarak said she filed an assault charge against Ezell. U.S. Capitol Police told The Associated Press they are looking into the incident, but they did not comment further.

Ezell was a sheriff before winning a U.S. House seat in south Mississippi in 2022, and he is seeking reelection this year. His spokesperson said the confrontation happened before a meeting of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

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