Posted on 07/19/2022 1:22:19 PM PDT by Morgana
Multiple members of Congress including Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Alma Adams, D-N.C., were arrested by Capitol Police Tuesday afternoon outside the Supreme Court building during an abortion rights protest.
Adams' staff confirmed her arrest in a tweet from her official account. Omar's office confirmed her arrest to WCCO.
In a tweet, Omar remained defiant.
"Today I was arrested while participating in a civil disobedience action with my fellow Members of Congress outside the Supreme Court. I will continue to do everything in my power to raise the alarm about the assault on our reproductive rights!" she wrote.
Capitol Police warned demonstrators that they would be taking action.
"It is against the law to block traffic, so officers are going to give our standard three warnings before they start making arrests," Capitol Police tweeted.
Minutes later, they announced that "[s]ome of the demonstrators are refusing to get out of the street, so we are starting to make arrests."
Capitol Police later tweeted that they arrested 34 people in total, including 16 members of Congress.Video from the scene showed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., being led away by police with her arms crossed behind her back, though no handcuffs were visible.
Authorities did not specify which members of Congress were arrested.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., released a statement after her arrest, saying "there is no democracy if women don't have control over their own bodies and decisions about their own health, including reproductive are."
"I have the privilege of representing a state where reproductive rights are respected and protected – the least I can do is put my body on the line for the 33 million women at risk of losing their rights," she said.
Rep, Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., also took part in the demonstration.
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Lock them up in the D.C. jail for a year and a half with no contact with the outside.
Lucky they didn’t get Babbit-ed. Oh, demokkkommies. Safe.
Saw a picture of AOC and she’s wearing a long jacket , is she trying to hide her big booty
Now hopefully they’ll be locked away for eighteen months ... like the January 6th participants.
AOC was pretending she was handcuffed. It was all a scam.
Ha ha faked. They weren’t cuffed or arrested. Photo op, your tax money at work
They weren’t even arrested, it was another dog and pony show by the RATS.
Yes please -go back to that country which is a bastion of human rights, Somalia.
Both AOC and Omar are attention seekers. Anything to get media attention. They do nothing whatsoever for this nation.
You have no reproductive rights.
Women still have reproductive rights. They were never taken away or assaulted.
Women, and men, simply have to deal with the consequences of their reproductive acts now.
No more birth control via abortion. Make plans accordingly.
......Rep. Ilhan Omar......
I thought that muslims were anti-abortion!!
But I was wrong!!!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_and_abortion
Both.
Let’s see now... Will there be a J6 type of hearing to impeach these low lifes?
“...there is no democracy...”
Morons coulda stopped right there and been correct, for a change.
These twits have finally found a use for the police... to waste time acting as props for their showboating.
I think they should have been sprayed with puke gas.
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