On Friday's "CNN Newsnight," Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) discussed the vandalism of his home and stated that "We've seen these types of protests all over the country and all over the world. And essentially, they call themselves peace activists, but I think that's the wrong word for it. They are on the other side of the conflict. You didn't see these people protesting what Hamas did or any number of other terrorist attacks." And tactics like this "are an attempt to shut down democracy and civil society as it should function. These are the same tactics that we saw in their most extreme form on January 6."