Code Pink members forcefully entered the office of Republican Missouri Senator Josh Hawley on Thursday. A video obtained by the Daily Caller shows the activist group, which is said to have ties to the Chinese Communist Party according to the New York Times, occupying the Senator’s front office. In the video, the activists can be heard demanding a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict and refuting allegations of their association with the Chinese regime.

“These astroturf wackos are saying exactly what Communist China wants them to say,” Hawley said in a statement to the Daily Caller. “They’re just mad they’re finally being called out for taking money from China.”

In a heated discussion with Hawley last Wednesday, the newly elected Senator urged the activists to denounce China for its alleged “genocide” against the Uyghur population.