Rioter vandalism targeted after D.C. statues defaced: 'Long Live Hamas'
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Tom Cotton wants to enforce stricter punishments for defacing statues on federal land after monuments in the nation's capital were covered in pro-Hamas messages.
The senator introduced the Saving Treasured Artifacts Through Uniform Enforcement (STATUE) Act on Thursday, which would do just that. Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner.
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"Any protestor who defaces statues of America’s heroes must face the full extent of the law. As Joe Biden seeks to appease the pro-Hamas wing of the Democratic Party, it’s clear his administration won’t do anything to punish the protestors who defaced the area around the White House recently. The Senate should take up my legislation to punish these pro-Hamas lunatics," Cotton said in a statement to Fox News Digital.