Quote:Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL) wrote on his X account Friday about those disgusting acts--and the danger he and his family's home "more than 700 miles from the Capitol" have been subjected to by "masked demonstrators":

I’ve been disgusted by the videos and reports of individuals calling July 4th a “terrorist holiday” and burning American flags.

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.

The inspiration for the congressman's sharing his thoughts about these far-left hooligans didn't come out of nowhere, though. This was the disaster area he found his Capitol Hill office in after July 4:

He followed the post with this, calling the vandalism "a shameful act":

This was a shameful act on any day, but especially on July 4, our country’s Independence Day. Sadly, it was but one of many hateful, un-American actions that took place across the country on the day we celebrate freedom and democracy.

His posts continued, asserting that despite what Democrats and their left flank profess, "these actions don't advance peace":

The same groups that were at my house earlier in the week marched through Chicago on July 4th, not calling for peace, but rather condemning the United States of America.

These actions don’t advance peace. Instead, they play directly into the hands of Hamas terrorists enabling them to continue to hold hostage not only those they kidnapped from Israel, but all civilians in Gaza as well.

He is not wrong. Like his colleague on that side of the aisle, Senator John Fetterman from Pennsylvania, this correct assessment of the situation is worth praising. But I'll go one step further: This is totally at the feet of the Democrats in leadership, whether that's Schumer or Joe Biden or someone else, who say the right words after the protest mobs tear up campuses, attack Jews, and now ransack the Capitol. I was told that something like this was an insurrection and merited emergency congressional action to punish those responsible. Don't hold your breath on that.

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Cameras were, I assume, inexplicably malfunctioning in that hallway specifically during the time the incident occurred as per usual. The perpetrators will somehow never be able to be identified

Mostly peaceful

Some needs to get documentation on the whereabouts of squad members during the time of the vandalism.