AOC Gets Arrested In Washington DC
U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) was arrested today along with other members of congress including Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and Carolyn Maloney at an abortion protest.
They wore specially-made green bandanas that said ‘Won’t Back Down.’ They marched from the Capitol to the Supreme Court and within minutes were ordered to “cease and desist.” They did not and chanted, “the people, united, will never be divided.”
The US Capitol Police said at the time: “Demonstrators are starting to block First Street, NE. It is against the law to block traffic, so officers are going to give our standard three warnings before they start making arrests.”
Andrew Solender from Axios reported:
“Multiple members of Congress, including @AOC, being arrested by Capitol Police for blocking traffic outside the Supreme Court in abortion rights demonstration. The group also includes the assistant House speaker, Katherine Clark.
Today, Rep. AOC was arrested along with other members of Congress outside the Supreme Court for protesting in support of abortion rights. #AbortionRightsAreHumanRights pic.twitter.com/gvj9J1o5ic
— Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@RepAOC) July 19, 2022
“Members arrested: Dean, Velasquez, Lee, Speier, Clark, Jacobs, Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib, Andy Levin, Carolyn Maloney, Adams, Watson Coleman, Escobar, Bush, Schakowsky, Omar & Pressley.”
U.S. Capitol Police said:
“We made a total of 34 arrests for Crowding, Obstructing or Incommoding (DC Code § 22–1307). That arrest number includes 16 Members of Congress.”
CNN reported the below were among the 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
Lol is AOC pretending to be handcuffed?
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 19, 2022
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Multiple members of Congress, including @AOC, being arrested by Capitol Police for blocking traffic outside the Supreme Court in abortion rights demonstration: pic.twitter.com/fysQN1oBAw
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) July 19, 2022