In Rhode Island, hundreds of protesters flooded an anti-refugee news conference at the state House Monday. Speakers at the anti-refugee event included former Michigan Representative Pete Hoekstra; Rhode Island Republican congressional candidate Russell Taub; and Charles Jacobs, president of a group called Americans for Peace and Tolerance, who was shouted down by protesters as he described the supposed “dangers” posed by Syrian refugees. The protesters chanted, “Say it loud, say it clear, refugees are welcome here.”