By Edward-Isaac Dovere | CNN
Greater than a dozen Democratic members of Congress have been amongst these arrested by Capitol Police on Tuesday afternoon as a part of an abortion rights protest in entrance of the Supreme Courtroom.
Carrying specifically made inexperienced bandanas with “Received’t Again Down,” they marched from the Capitol to the Courtroom, which has been fenced off for weeks, since shortly after the leak of the draft resolution overturning Roe v. Wade.
Inside two minutes of their arriving, police started ordering them to “stop and desist.” As a substitute, they sat on the road, and have been one after the other led off by officers as they chanted, “The folks, united, won't ever be divided.”
The US Capitol Police tweeted: “Demonstrators are beginning to block First Road, NE. It's in opposition to the legislation to dam visitors, so officers are going to provide our customary three warnings earlier than they begin making arrests.”
Capitol Police later stated that they had arrested 34 folks complete, together with 16 members of Congress.
Amongst these arrested:
- Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark of Massachusetts
- Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts
- Barbara Lee of California
- Jackie Speier of California
- Sara Jacobs of California
- Ilhan Omar of Minnesota
- Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey
- Andy Levin of Michigan
- Rashida Tlaib of Michigan
- Jan Schakowsky of Illinois
- Madeline Dean of Pennsylvania
- Cori Bush of Missouri
- Carolyn Maloney of New York
- Nydia Velazquez of New York
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York
- Alma Adams of North Carolina