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At least 10 individuals attending Rep. Michele Bachmann’s “House Call” event to protest health care reform have been arrested outside an office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The protesters were among the several thousand Tea Party activists that Bachmann invited to storm the Capitol on Thursday.
“They were inside an office and didn’t leave,” Sgt. Kimberly Schneider of the Capitol Police told the Washington Post. They were being charged with disorderly conduct and unlawful entry.
Talking Points Memo contributor Christina Bellantoni described the “strange scene” where the the protesters were being loaded into transport vehicles.
Like a bad game of telephone, the crowd spread rumors without anyone having witnessed exactly what happened.
Several people said the group had been arrested for praying. Others said the group was arrested for ripping up pages from the nearly 2,000-page health care bill.
“This is America, this is not the Soviet Union,” one woman said.
That woman later told the officers, “I know you guys are just doing your job but don’t you hate your job?”
“I’m embarrassed,” another woman told her friends.
“Read your history books,” another woman shouted at the officers.
“Thugs from Chicago,” a man shouted at police.
“Arrest Nancy Pelosi for treason. You’re arresting the wrong people,” another shouted.
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Comment posted November 5, 2009 @ 5:21 pm
You need to dble check your info. There were 9 code pink protesters arrested at Liebermans office. The were protesting his move to block the health care bill.
Comment posted November 5, 2009 @ 6:57 pm
You only caught the action in the early morning. We entered Liberman’s office about 9:30 AM to ask him to swear he would not take any more insurance money. “Patients not Profits”. Some of us were CodePink, most were other activists. I think about 8 were arrested. Three are being held overnight, probably because they didn’t have up to date IDs. CodePink then moved to the Homeland Security hearing with signs displayed for Chairman Lieberman asking for Health Care for All. Then we attended some of Bachman’s rally, and then to Pelosi’s office where we donned hospital gowns and plastic bare bottoms and greeted the Bachman groop, some of whom occupied Pelosi’s office until arrested. I’m guessing that’s more than you wanted to know.
Comment posted November 5, 2009 @ 7:57 pm
The arrests are a separate incident than the arrests at Lieberman’s office. Those arrests were unrelated to the tea party protesters.
Comment posted November 6, 2009 @ 10:58 am
I wish the tea baggers had some actual workable ideas about fixing the galloping cost/declining coverage problems in health care.
Just showing up to say “no” may block the current proposals, but doesn’t solve the problem. And it needs solving.
So teabaggers … got an answer besides, “tough luck” for those who can’t afford health coverage?
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