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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
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