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Melissa Goldin/Associated Press

  • Video of a youth children's choir being cut off as it was singing the "Star-Spangled Banner" in the U.S. Capitol has spread widely on social media. Leaders of the Rushingbrook Children's Choir claim they were told by police at the scene of the May 26 show that the performance was considered a demonstration that some might find offensive. But Capitol Police say it was only cut short because they were unaware at the time that the group had permission to be there. Three Republican Congress members from South Carolina and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy issued a joint statement saying that the Speaker's office had invited the choir to the Capitol.