Ben & Jerry's Co-Founder Ben Cohen Arrested at HHS Budget Hearing

Protest at Senate Hearing

• 💡 Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's, was arrested for disrupting a Senate hearing on the HHS budget.
• 🎯 Cohen protested U.S. military funding, stating it diverts resources from American healthcare to "buying bombs" that harm children in Gaza.
• 🗣️ He accused Congress of funding violence in Gaza at the expense of American healthcare, specifically mentioning kicking children off Medicaid.

Arrest and Charges

• 👮 Capitol Police removed Cohen and six others from the hearing room.
• ⚖️ Cohen was charged with obstruction, while others faced more serious charges including resisting arrest and assaulting officers.
• 🎤 The disruption occurred while Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was presenting the budget.

Cohen's Call to Action

• 📢 Cohen urged Congress and senators to allow food into Gaza for starving children.
• 💰 He highlighted the perceived hypocrisy of funding military actions abroad while cutting essential services like Medicaid domestically.