16 Democratic House members arrested in an abortion rights protest in D.C.

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1. Alma Adams

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7. Cori Bush

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2. Jan Schakowsky

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9. Katherine Clark and Ayanna Pressley

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[greatauntoftriplets]

22. Good for her.

She used to be my congresswoman. I even know where she lives.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

32. Good Trouble-John Lewis would be proud

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3. Carolyn Maloney

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12. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez

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13. Sara Jacobs

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18. Ilhan Omar

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19. Veronica Escobar

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21. Madeleine Dean

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24. Rashida Tlaib and Andy Levin

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4. Barbara Lee

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15. Nydia Valazquez

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20. Bonnie Wastson Coleman

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5. Protest leader Jackie Speier.

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[rzemanfl]

6. Where are the Democratic Congressmen? n/t

[WiVoter]

8. That's what I'm wondering

But I am so proud of these Congress women making good trouble. ❤️🇺🇸

[lapucelle]

11. There is at least one. Andy Levin and Rashida Tlaib were arrested together.

[rzemanfl]

16. Good for him. n/t

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17. This may have been one of the times when allies stayed in the background so "leaders"

(i.e. women) would be the focus. That's not unusual.

[sheshe2]

27. Excellent point, lapucelle.

Thank you.

[ariadne0614]

26. +1 n/t

[Hortensis]

37. :). This was a Democratic WOMEN'S Caucus event. Included

Assistant House speaker Catherine Clark and Barbara Lee, former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus among other leadership roles.

Our men did vote to pass to House abortion rights protection bills yesterday or the day before and the one they just passed protecting marriage rights, both LGBTQ and interracial.

[grumpyduck]

10. Good for them.

[onecaliberal]

14. Good trouble indeed.

[llmart]

23. I'm proud of all of them.

Why were they arrested? Are peaceful protests illegal?

[sheshe2]

28. I think it was for 'blocking traffic'

[llmart]

33. Ah, thanks for that.

That's some serious stuff to arrest people for.

[sheshe2]

34. Ha!

[Cha]

25. Mahalo, lapucelle!💕🤷‍♂️

Focus!
Please Fight to Save Our Democracy💙 in 2022 & 2024!

[sheshe2]

29. Wonderful post, lapucelle.

So many women making a stand for the rest of us.

[ecstatic]

30. Going to hold my tongue on this one.

[Celerity]

31. K & R

[brer cat]

35. Thanks for the post, lapucelle.

K&R

[Nixie]

36. Thanks, lapucelle, for the informative thread about SIXTEEN

House members who deserve credit equally. 👍

[SunImp]

39. These SEVENTEEN house members are undoubtedly good people.

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.),
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.)

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.)
Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.)
Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.)

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.)
Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.)

Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.)
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.)
Rep. Andy Levin (D-Mich.)

Rep. Alma Adams (D-N.C.)
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.)
Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas)

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)

[Nixie]

40. Yes, the good people not interested in making news with photo ops.

Just doing the right thing. You betcha.

[SunImp]

42. It's a good thing none of them were intentional doing that

It's a shame that the GOP & other losers are making a big stink out of nothing. Some officers could have told some of them to put their hands behind their backs or they instinctually did that on their own when being led away by an officer. There's not always some sinister motive for what people do.

[Nixie]

43. I'm sure the predictable Twitter war was worth it for whatever reason.

[Whiskeytide]

38. Well, they shouldn't have pepper sprayed the cops, ...

… shit on the floor of the SC lobby, stolen Roberts’ mail, and chanted hang Brett Kavanaugh. What did they think would happen?

They did that, right? Yeah, they must have.

[mcar]

41. How many pretended they were handcuffed?

[Nixie]

44. Yeah, why do that? I've always heard you shouldn't hide

your hands from police, so what reason is there to pretend you’re handcuffed …?