--- title: Trump Protester Throws Russian Flags at President: Video description: A protester threw Russian flags and yelled at President Trump as he was on his way to a GOP lunch amid tensions with Sen. Bob Corker canonical: https://time.com/4995825/trump-treason-protestor-video/ author: Jamie Ducharme article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-24T20:59:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:59:11.975Z article:section: Politics og:title: 'Trump Is Treason.' See the Moment a Protester Threw Russian Flags at the President og:description: Trump's only reaction? 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Bill Clark—Congressional Quarterly/ZUMA Press  by [Jamie Ducharme](https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/)  ## Jamie Ducharme Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Oct 24, 2017 8:59 PM UTC President Trump faced a vocal protester on his way to a Senate GOP lunch on Tuesday in the midst of [his ongoing feud with Sen. Bob Corker.](http://time.com/4995211/donald-trump-bob-corker-cnn-transcript/) “Trump is treason,” a male protester yelled repeatedly as the president arrived for lunch with Republican senators at the U.S. Capitol. “Why is Congress talking about [tax cuts](http://time.com/4992830/trump-budget-tax-cuts-republicans/) when they should be talking about treason?” The man, who was standing with members of the media and posing as a journalist, also threw multiple small Russian flags toward Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, according to NBC. Trump kept walking and only responded to the taunts with a thumbs up. The protester was later arrested and identified by police as Ryan Clayton, a man who was involved in a similar incident in July, NBC News [reported](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/protester-throws-russian-flags-trump-inside-capitol-n813766). In the summer incident, he allegedly told Secret Service agents he was part of [Americans Take Action](http://americanstakeaction.com/), a group actively calling for Trump’s impeachment. Watch the full video of Tuesday’s protest above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4995825/trump-treason-protestor-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4995825/trump-treason-protestor-video/"},"headline":"'Trump Is Treason.' See the Moment a Protester Threw Russian Flags at the President","datePublished":"2017-10-24T20:59:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:59:11.975Z","description":"Trump's only reaction? 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