Anti-Israel graffiti in Lafayette Square after protest prompts bill sending vandals to prison

Published June 13, 2024 10:36pm ET



After Lafayette Square outside the White House was trashed by pro-Palestinian protesters over the weekend, one Republican senator wants to throw the book at criminals damaging property.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) unveiled a bill on Thursday, titled the Saving Treasured Artifacts Through Uniformed Enforcement Act, aimed at increasing minimum penalties for property damage, after the vandalism to the statues in the square next to the White House resulted in no arrests from Washington, D.C., police.

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