Video above from earlier this month: Rep. Joyce Beatty arrested at U.S. Capitol protestDemocratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee stated she was arrested on Thursday by Capitol Police throughout a protest on voting rights, changing into the third lawmaker to be arrested in latest weeks whereas taking part in a pro-voting rights demonstration in Washington.”Sure, I engaged in civil disobedience in entrance of the Hart (Senate Workplace) Constructing in Washington, D.C., and I used to be arrested,” Jackson Lee stated in a recorded assertion offered to CNN.”Any motion that may be a peaceable motion of civil disobedience is worthy and extra to push all of us to do higher and to do extra and to move (HR) 1, S 1 and to move the John Robert Lewis Voting Rights Act,” the Texas Democrat added partially.She continued: “The individuals of Texas are determined and wish it. The individuals of America are determined and wish it.”In a video of the incident posted to Jackson Lee’s Twitter account, the congresswoman will be seen getting her palms restrained by an officer earlier than being led right into a police automobile. Jackson Lee, who was arrested together with a number of different protesters, had been standing outdoors of the Senate workplace constructing with a gaggle of protesters and audio system when Capitol Police ordered the gang to maneuver away from the realm.CNN has reached out to USCP for touch upon Jackson Lee’s arrest.Final week, Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia was arrested by Capitol Police throughout a protest on “Senate inaction on voting rights laws.” And earlier this month, Ohio Rep. Joyce Beatty, a Democrat and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, was arrested by Capitol Police after taking part in a voting rights protest that culminated in a march contained in the Hart constructing atrium.All three protests centered on defending voting rights and passing the For the Individuals Act. The Democratic laws handed the Home earlier this yr, however Senate Republicans blocked the laws in late June. Democrats have pushed the invoice as a strategy to handle the raft of voting restrictions being superior by GOP state lawmakers nationwide.In a separate tweet on Thursday that included a photograph of her arrest, Jackson Lee wrote: “I’ll NEVER cease preventing for Voting Rights! The time is NOW to maneuver the voting rights payments within the US Senate ahead!! Sufficient is sufficient. #GoodTrouble.”The Texas Democratic Occasion stated later Thursday that they stand by Jackson Lee “as she faces arrest for protesting to defend our proper to vote.””All through historical past, Black ladies like Rep. Jackson Lee have led the best way on civil and voting rights points, and immediately, as we face the best civil rights struggles of our time, Black ladies stay the leaders on the coronary heart of this struggle,” Jamarr Brown, the co-executive director of the Texas Democratic Occasion, stated in a press release.”All through historical past, Black ladies like Rep. Jackson Lee have led the best way on civil and voting rights points, and immediately, as we face the best civil rights struggles of our time, Black ladies stay the leaders on the coronary heart of this struggle,” the assertion reads.Eighteen states have enacted 30 new legal guidelines that make it tougher to vote, in keeping with a brand new tally by the liberal-leaning Brennan Middle for Justice that tracks state exercise by July 14.Among the many commonest provisions, in keeping with Brennan’s researchers: measures in seven states that both develop officers’ potential to purge voters from the registration rolls or put voters vulnerable to having their names improperly eliminated. These legal guidelines had been enacted in Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Texas and Utah, the middle discovered.Three of the 18 states with new restrictions have handed sweeping, omnibus payments that cowl a broad vary of voting exercise: Florida, Georgia and Iowa.
Video above from earlier this month: Rep. Joyce Beatty arrested at U.S. Capitol protest
Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee stated she was arrested on Thursday by Capitol Police throughout a protest on voting rights, changing into the third lawmaker to be arrested in latest weeks whereas taking part in a pro-voting rights demonstration in Washington.
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“Sure, I engaged in civil disobedience in entrance of the Hart (Senate Workplace) Constructing in Washington, D.C., and I used to be arrested,” Jackson Lee stated in a recorded assertion offered to CNN.
“Any motion that may be a peaceable motion of civil disobedience is worthy and extra to push all of us to do higher and to do extra and to move (HR) 1, S 1 and to move the John Robert Lewis Voting Rights Act,” the Texas Democrat added partially.
She continued: “The individuals of Texas are determined and wish it. The individuals of America are determined and wish it.”
In a video of the incident posted to Jackson Lee’s Twitter account, the congresswoman will be seen getting her palms restrained by an officer earlier than being led right into a police automobile. Jackson Lee, who was arrested together with a number of different protesters, had been standing outdoors of the Senate workplace constructing with a gaggle of protesters and audio system when Capitol Police ordered the gang to maneuver away from the realm.
CNN has reached out to USCP for touch upon Jackson Lee’s arrest.
Final week, Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia was arrested by Capitol Police throughout a protest on “Senate inaction on voting rights laws.” And earlier this month, Ohio Rep. Joyce Beatty, a Democrat and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, was arrested by Capitol Police after taking part in a voting rights protest that culminated in a march contained in the Hart constructing atrium.
All three protests centered on defending voting rights and passing the For the Individuals Act. The Democratic laws handed the Home earlier this yr, however Senate Republicans blocked the laws in late June. Democrats have pushed the invoice as a strategy to handle the raft of voting restrictions being superior by GOP state lawmakers nationwide.
In a separate tweet on Thursday that included a photograph of her arrest, Jackson Lee wrote: “I’ll NEVER cease preventing for Voting Rights! The time is NOW to maneuver the voting rights payments within the US Senate ahead!! Sufficient is sufficient. #GoodTrouble.”
The Texas Democratic Occasion stated later Thursday that they stand by Jackson Lee “as she faces arrest for protesting to defend our proper to vote.”
“All through historical past, Black ladies like Rep. Jackson Lee have led the best way on civil and voting rights points, and immediately, as we face the best civil rights struggles of our time, Black ladies stay the leaders on the coronary heart of this struggle,” Jamarr Brown, the co-executive director of the Texas Democratic Occasion, stated in a press release.
“All through historical past, Black ladies like Rep. Jackson Lee have led the best way on civil and voting rights points, and immediately, as we face the best civil rights struggles of our time, Black ladies stay the leaders on the coronary heart of this struggle,” the assertion reads.
Eighteen states have enacted 30 new legal guidelines that make it tougher to vote, in keeping with a new tally by the liberal-leaning Brennan Center for Justice that tracks state exercise by July 14.
Among the many commonest provisions, in keeping with Brennan’s researchers: measures in seven states that both develop officers’ potential to purge voters from the registration rolls or put voters vulnerable to having their names improperly eliminated. These legal guidelines had been enacted in Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Texas and Utah, the middle discovered.
Three of the 18 states with new restrictions have handed sweeping, omnibus payments that cowl a broad vary of voting exercise: Florida, Georgia and Iowa.
