Protesters who gathered outside the Virginia home of Republican Sen. Josh Hawley Monday evening were peaceful and they left when police explained they were violating local picketing laws, police said Tuesday.
The Missouri senator claimed on Twitter that the group had been engaged in “leftwing violence.” Officers were called to Hawley's home in Vienna, a Washington suburb, home around 7:45 p.m.
after someone reported that there were “people protesting in front of the house.” Officers who responded to the scene found that the “people were peaceful,” said Master Police Officer Juan Vazquez, a spokesman for the Town of Vienna Police Department.The demonstrators said they went to Hawley's home because he said he would object when Congress.