A protester interrupted President Trump's visit to the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, shouting at him and tossing Russian flags on the floor.

Trump encountered the protester shortly after entering the Capitol with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. The two men were headed to a weekly policy lunch with GOP lawmakers, at which their effort to overhaul the tax system was expected to be discussed.

Video of Trump entering Senate lunch w/ McConnell. You can hear guy yelling Trump is treason at tail end.. he was taken out by Cap Police pic.twitter.com/CNJ9H9QEbA— Al Weaver (@alweaver22) October 24, 2017

Multiple reporters present said the man repeatedly yelled "Trump is treason" before he was apprehended and escorted out of the building by Capitol police.

"We should be talking about treason in Congress, not about tax cuts," the man yelled in video footage captured by the Washington Examiner.

The protester told reporters on scene his name was Ryan Clayton and he was with Americans Take Action, an anti-Trump group that claims to be comprised of "regular everyday Americans."

(Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

(Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

(Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Clayton was previously apprehended by security officials at the Capitol in July, after he approached Trump's son-in-law and senior White House adviser Jared Kushner and asked him to autograph a Russian flag.

Similar to Tuesday's disruption, Clayton had pretended to be a member of the press at the time.



