Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr appeared frightened as protesters interrupted his testimony during a Senate Committee hearing. A video on X shows HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy jumping from his seat after protesters interrupted him while he testified before Senate committee members. One of the protesters arrested was Ben Cohen, Ben & Jerry’s co-founder. Six other porters were arrested for protesting  U.S. military aid to Israel and the current humanitarian conditions in Gaza. Watch here: Protesters scare RFK Jr to the point where he JUMPS UP. pic.twitter.com/g17pjBt4i5 — DramaAlert (@DramaAlert) May 14, 2025 Per BBC: Ben Cohen, the co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s, was arrested during a protest in the US Senate over military aid to Israel and humanitarian conditions in Gaza. Protesters disrupted the hearing on Wednesday while Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr was testifying. Mr Cohen was charged with a misdemeanour offence, while another six demonstrators were also arrested and face a number of more serious charges, US Capitol Police told BBC News. A video shared on social media showed Mr Cohen being escorted from the building by police with his hands tied behind his back. “Congress kills poor kids in Gaza by buying bombs, and pays for it by kicking kids off Medicaid in the US,” he said in a video after someone asked why he was “getting arrested”. A police spokesperson said that Mr Cohen was charged with crowding, obstructing or incommoding – a misdemeanour offence often used in civil disobedience cases in the US capital. Six other demonstrators were also arrested at the hearing and face charges including assaulting a police officer and/or resisting arrest. US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. jumps out of his seat during a Senate hearing after a protester interrupted him. pic.twitter.com/UQapAHP9i6 — Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) May 15, 2025 Per USA Today: Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen was among the roughly half-dozen people yanked out of a May 14 Senate hearing for protesting Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy. Within minutes of Kennedy’s testimony, five people in the audience rose from their seats and began charging towards the front of the room near the member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet. “RFK kills people with AIDS,” the group chanted. Capitol Police quickly removed the protestors, including Cohen, from the room by force. The ice cream company, which is known for supporting liberal causes and candidates, did not immediately respond to USA TODAY’s request for comment. Kennedy, known for taking controversial stances on vaccines, has also been criticized by health care advocates for raising questions about the well-established science that AIDS is caused by a virus known as HIV. At least 87 different groups, including the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, opposed Kennedy being appointed to lead the country’s health agency, which is facing significant cuts under the Trump administration.