Sen. John McCain loses his cool with anti-war protesters - New York Daily News

Sen. John McCain lashed out at protesters during a congressional committee hearing Thursday, hurling insults at the lot and kicking them out of the chamber.

“Get out of here, you low-life scum,” the grizzled 78-year-old Arizona Republican yelled at a group of anti-war demonstrators calling themselves “Code Pink.”

“You’re going to have to shut up or I’m going to have you arrested,” he said.

In the middle of the hearing — a Senate Armed Services Committee panel on national security — the protesters approached a witness table where former Secretaries of state Henry Kissinger, Madeleine Albright and George P. Shultz were testifying.

“Arrest Henry Kissinger for war crimes, chanted the protesters, who were also carrying large banners calling the 91-year-old Kissinger a war criminal.

The melee went on for more than two minutes, prompting McCain to lose his cool.

GARY CAMERON/Reuters A Code Pink demonstrator dangles a set of handcuffs in front of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger Thursday. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg A Code Pink demonstrator holds a sign behind Henry Kissinger during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Code Pink demonstrators disrupted a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing with former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger, center, and George Shultz, right, on Thursday. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, kicked the protesters out of the chamber.

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"I have never seen anything as disgraceful and outrageous and despicable as the last demonstration that just took place," he said.

Capitol Police eventually removed the protesters from the room.

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