Kirk said that two TPUSA staffers were helping escort an elderly Jewish couple from a pro-Israel event in Skokie when they were 'violently attacked.'
Radio talk show host Charlie Kirk, who founded the American conservative organization Turning Point USA , said one of the group's staffers was attacked by 'pro-Hamas supporters' in Skokie, Illinois, over the weekend.Around 5 p.m. on Sunday, a pro-Israel event was being held at the Ateres Ayala event space on Touhy Avenue in the Chicago suburb when roughly 200 pro-Palestine protesters showed up for a counter-rally, Skokie police told local media.
'Yesterday, he was violently attacked while he and another TPUSA staffer were trying to escort an elderly Jewish couple away from a pro-Israel rally. On the way to their cars, they encountered pro-Hamas supporters who assaulted them, punched them repeatedly, and hit them with a flag pole before cops could pull them away to safety. All of these thugs need to be arrested and charged with hate crimes.
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