At least 17 Democratic lawmakers arrested outside Supreme Court during abortion rights protests
A number of Democratic representatives — including members of "The Squad" and House leadership — were arrested outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon for protesting the recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Katherine Clark, D-Mass., were among those arrested for blocking traffic. Clark serves as the assistant Speaker, the No. 4 position in Democratic leadership.
“The extremist Republican Party is determined to take us back in time and take away our rights. I refuse to stand on the sidelines as their rampage continues,” Clark said in a statement following her arrest. “I am furious and heartbroken, and I will proudly fight for our right to abortion and all of our Constitutional rights. They can arrest me, but we won’t allow them to arrest freedom.”
Not as eloquent as John Lewis, but not bad.
The Capitol Police said they had arrested 35 people, including 17 members of Congress, for "Crowding, Obstructing or Incommoding." Law enforcement officials said they had “already given our standard three warnings. Some of the demonstrators are refusing to get out of the street, so we are starting to make arrests.” ...
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Don't you just hate it when people are
incommoding?
to inconvenience or discomfort; disturb; trouble.
to impede; hinder.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., another member of the Squad
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.
Reps. Barbara Lee, age 76, California's 13th congressional district, Berkeley, Oakland, maybe Useless' district, maybe just north of his
Rashida Tlaib of Michigan
Cori Bush of Missouri
Jan Schakowsky, age 78!, Illinois's 9th congressional district, suburbs north of Chicago, not GoCubsGo's district
Jackie Speier, age 72, California's 14th congressional district, a sliver of southwestern San Francisco and most of the southern West Bay
Carolyn Maloney of New York
Veronica Escobar of Texas
Sara Jacobs, age 33, California's 53rd congressional district, San Diego County abutting O Really's district
Alma Adams, age 76, North Carolina's 12th congressional district, Charlotte and surrounding areas
Bonnie Watson, age 77, New Jersey's 12th congressional district, central NJ, suburban and contains the state capital of Trenton, different planet from Whack9's south Jersey
Nydia Velazquez of New York
Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania
Andy Levin of Michigan, Y chromosomes represent!
I don't remember anything like this since the congressional South African Embassy protests in the 1980s, and I'm not sure if the total ever reached 17 members then.
Not represented: FL, MD, MT, SC, TN.
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