Protesters thrown out of House China committee’s first prime-time hearing

Protesters were thrown out of the House committee on China’s first prime-time hearing Tuesday evening while speakers outlined a complex thread of threats from Beijing that stretch from human rights to trade, militaristic goals, and geopolitical machinations. A woman protester was quickly thrown out of the hearing after interrupting Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI). She held up a sign reading, “China is not our enemy,” and wore a shirt that said, “Money for the poor not for war.” A protester interrupts H.R. McMaster, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, as he testifies during a hearing of a special House…