House Democrat says posters of hostages held in Gaza were ripped down outside his office

Rep. Brad Schneider said Friday that his office at the U.S. Capitol was vandalized on July 4 in which posters he had hung up of hostages held in Gaza were ripped down.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Ill., said Friday that his office at the U.S. Capitol was vandalized on July 4 in which posters he had hung up of hostages held in Gaza were ripped down.

“My Capitol office was vandalized yesterday in a vile act of hate in which the posters of the more than 100 people still held hostage in Gaza (including 8 Americans) were ripped from the wall, shredded and tossed across the hallway," Schneider, a Jewish member of Congress, said in a statement.

He posted an image on X showing the posters that had been torn off the walls.

Schneider said it would be a shameful act any day, but especially on the July 4 holiday.

"I've been disgusted by the videos and reports of individuals calling July 4th a 'terrorist holiday' and burning American flags," Schneider said. "It’s not just happening at my office in Washington, D.C. More than 700 miles from the Capitol, my home was targeted last weekend at 2:30AM by approximately 50 masked demonstrators banging drums, blowing horns and screaming antisemitic chants."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-democrat-hostage-posters-ripped-down-rcna160451

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