DHS Assault Victim Aliya Rahman Arrested at State of the Union Address

[Uncle Joe]

We speak with Minneapolis resident Aliya Rahman, who attended Tuesday's State of the Union address as a guest of Congressmember Ilhan Omar. Rahman was removed from the chamber Tuesday and spent several hours in jail following what she describes as an aggressive arrest by Capitol Police — all for silently challenging Trump during the speech.

"There are only two things you can do at the State of the Union, and they are sit down and stand up," says Rahman. "I was arrested for standing up."

Rahman, a U.S. citizen, was violently dragged out of her car and detained by federal immigration officers last month and later released without charge.

[twodogsbarking]

1. Arrested for standing up. Indeed.

[orangecrush]

2. Enough is enough.

November seems so far away.

[Evolve Dammit]

3. This is what fascism out in the open looks like. They ripped her shoulders in Minneapolis and did it again, knowing she

was disabled. FOR STANDING silently. No signs, no buttons, no nothing. STANDING. This is a culmination of ten years of overt assault on personal liberties. Evil.

[efhmc]

4. Brave woman.

[Gaugamela]

5. "Yet she persisted."

[intheflow]

6. It's like Republicans wake up every day and think,

How shitty can I be as a human being, and how best can I ensure the government will be sued for millions of dollars again and again?

[GiqueCee]

7. There is no...

... manure pit so deep that Republicans won't plumb its depths in their efforts to defile all that is good and decent in America. Ms. Rahman deserves ALL our support.