"Activists with the political protest group Climate Defiance interrupted a Tuesday night church event held by Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) by giving him a diaper and kneepads as insulting "gifts." The activists targeted Suozzi because he was one of seven House Democrats who recently voted in favor of allocating $64.4 billion to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the federal agency that oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)."
""Sorry, I didn't know we were doing gifts," said another activist, Steven Roberts, who is a gay comedian based in New York City. "I have some kneepads for you, you can use these while you blow Donald Trump. Alternatively, you can get off your knees and you can stand up to him literally and figuratively. Abolish ICE, defund them. You do not show any moral courage. You are funding the Gestapo.""
Activists with Climate Defiance disrupted a church event attended by Rep. Tom Suozzi, presenting a diaper and kneepads to protest his recent DHS funding vote. Suozzi was one of seven House Democrats who voted to allocate $64.4 billion to the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE. Protesters delivered insulting remarks urging abolition and defunding of ICE and accused Suozzi of lacking moral courage. An attendee removed an activist amid shouts that multiple people had been killed by ICE this month. Suozzi issued an apology, saying he failed to view the DHS funding vote as a referendum on ICE violence.
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