
Ben & Jerry's Co-Founder Arrested During Protest At RFK Jr.'s Senate Hearing
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“Congress pays for bombs that kill kids in Gaza!” Ben Cohen, the 74-year-old co-founder of the ice cream company, shouted before being yanked away by a police officer.
One of the founders of the popular ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s was forcefully escorted out of a Senate hearing on Wednesday and arrested after protesting the United States’ involvement in Israel’s war on Gaza.
“Congress pays for bombs that kill kids in Gaza!” Ben Cohen, the 74-year-old co-founder of the popular ice cream company and a progressive activist, shouted at the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing. Video shows a Capitol police officer yanking him from where he was standing and leading him out of the room.
Cohen was also heard shouting, “Congress kills!”
He joined other protestors who were denouncing controversial Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Kennedy was speaking at the hearing when protestors began shouting over him.













