Senator says Rubio protesters speaking in English are ‘making progress’

A US senator said a pro-Palestinian heckler speaking in English was a sign of 'progress' after the demonstrator interrupted Marco Rubio during a Senate committee hearing.

The protester cried “stop the genocide, there is a blood bath going on”, as they were dragged out of the Capitol Hill building in Washington DC on Tuesday (20 May).

Republican senator Jim Risch said: "Senator Rubio, we’re making progress, there’s protests in English now. Remember last time.”

In January, protesters speaking Spanish interrupted the secretary of state’s opening statement at his confirmation hearing,