The chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus celebrated her arrest Thursday after leading an incursion of protesters into the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill. Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio said that breaking the law was an important way to illustrate her belief that voting reforms passed by state legislatures will disenfranchise black voters.
“I stand in solidarity with Black women and allies across the country in defense of our constitutional right to vote. We have come too far and fought too hard to see everything systematically dismantled and restricted by those who wish to silence us,” Beatty said in a statement on her website.
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WASHINGTON U.S. Capitol Police arrested Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) in the Hart Senate Office Building Thursday after she led a group of protesters into the building.
A photo posted by reporter Nicholas Wu of Politico shows Beatty, and others, being zip tied by Capitol Police, Fox News reported.
Rep. Beatty is being zip tied as USCP starts to make arrests pic.twitter.com/8LFEabAXFy
The Congressional Black Caucus leader was seen leading the stunt moments earlier by walking into the building chanting “end the filibuster.”
Activists escorted into Hart by @RepBeatty chant “end the filibuster!” pic.twitter.com/1AedJth37d
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