Ben & Jerry's co-founder arrested at Senate hearing

Co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s, Ben Cohen was arrested Wednesday at a Senate committee hearing that included testimony from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to a spokesperson for the U.S. Capitol Police. Cohen was one of seven people who were arrested at the hearing.
In a video taken shortly after his arrest that he posted to X, Cohen can be heard repeating his message of protest. “Congress kills poor kids in Gaza by buying bombs and pays for it by kicking kids off Medicaid in the U.S.,” Cohen said, as he was escorted away in restraints by police.

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