Updated at 3:37 p.m. ET
President Trump was met by a protester who threw Russian flags at him and chanted “Trump is treason!” as he arrived on Capitol Hill Tuesday to urge Senate Republicans to pass tax cuts.
While the president was entering the weekly GOP lunch on Capitol Hill, escorted by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., a man appeared to have gotten inside the press scrum, throwing the small flags that had the word “TRUMP” emblazoned in gold.
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