About time.

Multiple members of Congress including Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Alma Adams, D-N.C., were arrested by Capitol Police Tuesday afternoon outside the Supreme Court building during an abortion rights protest.

Adams' staff confirmed her arrest in a tweet from her official account. Omar's office confirmed her arrest to WCCO.

In a tweet, Omar remained defiant.


"Today I was arrested while participating in a civil disobedience action with my fellow Members of Congress outside the Supreme Court. I will continue to do everything in my power to raise the alarm about the assault on our reproductive rights!" she wrote.

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Capitol Police warned demonstrators that they would be taking action.

"It is against the law to block traffic, so officers are going to give our standard three warnings before they start making arrests," Capitol Police tweeted.

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Minutes later, they announced that "[s]ome of the demonstrators are refusing to get out of the street, so we are starting to make arrests."

Capitol Police later tweeted that they arrested 34 people in total, including 16 members of Congress.Video from the scene showed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., being led away by police with her arms crossed behind her back, though no handcuffs were visible.


Authorities did not specify which members of Congress were arrested.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., released a statement after her arrest, saying "there is no democracy if women don't have control over their own bodies and decisions about their own health, including reproductive are."

"I have the privilege of representing a state where reproductive rights are respected and protected – the least I can do is put my body on the line for the 33 million women at risk of losing their rights," she said.

Rep, Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., also took part in the demonstration.

"Today we marched to the SCOTUS to protest the radical right-wing decision to overturn Roe," she tweeted. "It’s time for some good trouble. We won’t go back."


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A tweet from local Michigan outlet BridgeDetroit reporter Malachi Barrett, said that Ocasio-Cortez's fellow left-wing "Squad" member Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., was also arrested. Fox News reached out to the offices of Ocasio-Cortez and Tlaib for information but neither immediately responded.



Abortion rights protests outside the Supreme Court building have been prevalent ever since a draft of the opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization leaked. The final opinion, released in June, overturned Roe v. Wade, reversing the high court's previously held position that abortion was a constitutional right.

The ruling has prompted significant backlash against the high court and attacks on the offices of pro-life groups across the country.

Are they in solitary in the DC city jail with no running water?

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"I have the privilege of representing a state where reproductive rights are respected and protected – the least I can do is put my body on the line for the 33 million women at risk of losing their rights," she said.

Question: In NY, where the state can retain the murderous pro-choice position, how are their "rights" at risk? The legality of abortion is just moved to the State's choice.

"Radical right-wing decision" is just utter bullshit - it's a moral position, not a political one.

If the left are insistent that men can get pregnant, then they no longer have the intelligence to participate in this discussion. They can argue for the immoral position, but let's call it that instead of positioning as a choice. It's immoral vs moral, not pro-choice vs pro-life.

I used to be indifferent on this topic but no longer. I'm sick to death of these idiots. I will oppose everything they stand for.

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Are they in solitary in the DC city jail with no running water?

They weren’t even arrested.

Made for TV. She was walking with her hands behind her like she was cuffed. Then she waved to someone. Moron.
They all deserved a squirt of cap-stun.

Ha ha lol so much false outrage

Bill S said it best … “Thou doth protest too much”

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Originally posted by mike56:
Made for TV. She was walking with her hands behind her like she was cuffed. Then she waved to someone. Moron.
They all deserved a squirt of cap-stun.

Hahaha! Moron indeed!

This is a ploy by Omar to get attention she is up for reelection and is on a bit of shaky ground. She got booed off stage by her Somali constituents a few weeks ago at some concert by a Somali entertainer. I'm sure there is a "insurance policy" in place to see that she retains her seat.

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I am not sure that Omar gains points with her constituency by protesting for abortion. I would think her district cares more deeply about welfare programs and government handouts. DC is a long way from the twin cities.