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WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — At least 17 radical pro-abortion members of Congress, including U.S. Reps. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar, were arrested Tuesday during a pro-abortion protest in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. that involved planned “civil disobedience.”
The arrests have been widely panned on social media as a publicity stunt, with many conservative commentators pointing out that the House members appeared to pretend to have been handcuffed when they were actually only escorted away by police.
If you want to see the height of privilege, members of congress getting themselves arrested and smiling while doing it. https://t.co/0H5xJJEtY2
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 19, 2022
Axios reported that Democrat Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Carolyn Maloney of New York, Cori Bush of Missouri, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania, Nydia Velazquez of New York, Barbara Lee of California, Jackie Speier of California, Katherine Clark of Massachusetts, Sara Jacobs of California, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Andy Levin of Michigan, Alma Adams of North Carolina, Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey, Veronica Escobar of Texas, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, and Jan Schakowsky of Illinois were arrested by Capitol Police.
Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, and others have vehemently opposed the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, and during their tenure advocated for radical leftist economic and social policies, including defunding the police, codifying a federal “right to abortion,” and implementing a “Green New Deal.”
Rep. Omar’s staffers had announced the radical congresswoman “would be participating in an event at the United States Supreme Court Tuesday to protest the overturn of Roe v. Wade,” KSTP reported. Omar’s office also alerted media that she and other members of Congress would engage in “civil disobedience” during the protest.
News of the arrests was immediately preceded by viral video of Ocasio-Cortez being escorted by police away from the U.S. Supreme Court building.
.@AOC has just been escorted by police away from the Supreme Court. pic.twitter.com/F9DOoLq8yJ
— Douglas Blair (@DouglasKBlair) July 19, 2022
After the reversal of Roe v. Wade late last month, Ocasio-Cortez had urged pro-abortion protesters to take to the streets to oppose the ruling.
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It’s unclear whether the lawmakers will face any charges for their participation in the unlawful protest.
Business Insider reported that participants in the event had held up signs, repeated pro-abortion chants, and blocked traffic at an intersection close to the Supreme Court building.
Reporters at the scene said that Capitol Police officers had “escorted lawmakers away from the intersection to process their arrests,” the outlet reported.
In a tweet released shortly after the arrests, Capitol Police said that officers had arrested 34 protesters involved in the protest, including 16 members of Congress.