House Speaker Mike Johnson is warned Capitol Hill lawmakers they risk being arrested if they interrupt Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech Wednesday in a joint address to Congress.
“I want you to know that there’s a number of Democrats in the House who have said they’re going to boycott the event … and then some others are going to protest,” Johnson said at the Republican National Convention last week. “We’re going to have extra sergeants-at-arms on the floor. And if anybody gets out of hand, the speaker of the House will bang the gavel. We’re going to arrest people if we have to do it. We’re going to get the message out.”
