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Rachel Leingang

Democratic congressman says home vandalized by Gaza ceasefire protesters

Congressman Adam Smith, the ranking Democrat on the House armed services committee, was part of a group that wrote to Joe Biden applauding his support for Israel.
Adam Smith, the ranking Democrat on the House armed services committee, was part of a group that wrote to Joe Biden applauding his support for Israel. Photograph: Sipa US/Alamy

A Democratic congressman says his home was vandalized on Thursday night by “people advocating for a ceasefire in Israel and Gaza”.

Adam Smith, a US House member from Washington state, called the vandalism to his home in the city of Bellevue “sadly reflective of the coarsening of the political discourse in our country, and is completely unwarranted, unnecessary, and harmful to our political system”.

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