CNN —Democratic Rep. Adam Smith on Friday condemned intimidation and violence pushed by political “extremes” after he said his Washington state home was vandalized by activists pushing for a ceasefire in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
The administration has supported “humanitarian pauses” and pushed to extend the recent truce in the fighting.
Smith told Phillip that to his “knowledge” as of Friday evening, authorities do not have any leads on who was responsible.
The congressman pointed to the incident as part of a “very problematic” trend of threats against elected officials.
“We need to have respect for civil society and representative democracy and know how to disagree with each other without going to this level of intimidation,” Smith said.
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