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SvennoJ on 14 May 2025
Ben & Jerry’s cofounder removed from RFK Jr hearing for Gaza protest
Ben Cohen, one of the cofounders of the famed US ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s, was removed from a congressional committee hearing in Washington, DC, after he interrupted Health and Human Services Director Robert F Kennedy Jr.
Asked why he was being removed, Cohen said: “Congress kills poor kids in Gaza by buying bombs and pays for it by kicking kids off Medicaid in the US.”
You can see part of what happened in the video Cohen shared on X below.
I told Congress they're killing poor kids in Gaza by buying bombs, and they're paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US. This was the authorities' response. pic.twitter.com/uOf7xrzzWM
— Ben Cohen (@YoBenCohen) May 14, 2025
