{"id":610320,"date":"2021-08-03T20:35:51","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T00:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=610320"},"modified":"2021-08-03T20:35:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T00:35:53","slug":"democrats-arrested-while-protesting-outside-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-arrested-while-protesting-outside-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Arrested While Protesting Outside Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-arrested-while-protesting-outside-supreme-court%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=610320&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/green-reynolds-e1628034654909.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green and state Rep. Ron Reynolds were arrested Tuesday while protesting \u201cvoter suppression\u201d outside of the Supreme Court Tuesday, Fox News reported.<\/p>\n<p>Capitol Police approached the two congressmen as they stood next to each other singing \u201cWe Shall Overcome,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/two-texas-democrats-arrested-by-capitol-police-in-voting-rights-protest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Two officers placed wristbands on Green and Reynold\u2019s wrists before escorting them away, Fox News. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/05\/democrats-joe-biden-voter-suppression-for-the-people-act-georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: ANALYSIS: Here\u2019s A Handy Guide To All The Things Democrats Call \u2018Voter Suppression\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police said that three \u201cprotestors\u201d were \u201carrested for crowding, obstructing, or incommoding,\u201d but they did not name the third individual, Fox News reported.<\/p>\n<p>Green posted a video of the incident on Twitter Tuesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"3.027027027027\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoodTrouble?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoodTrouble<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NecessaryTrouble?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NecessaryTrouble<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/enR4Y0hjbv\">pic.twitter.com\/enR4Y0hjbv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Congressman Al Green (@RepAlGreen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAlGreen\/status\/1422610928756043778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Texas Democratic Party showed support for the congressmen in a tweet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.4682080924855\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Texas Democrats are still risking it all to protect our democracy \u2014 including facing arrest for protesting to defend our right to vote.<\/p>\n<p>We proudly stand with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ronereynolds?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ronereynolds<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAlGreen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepAlGreen<\/a> for being unapologetic voices for our rights during this movement. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoodTrouble?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoodTrouble<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rPqpcvkocD\">https:\/\/t.co\/rPqpcvkocD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Texas Democrats (@texasdemocrats) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/texasdemocrats\/status\/1422638091869827075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cTexas Democrats are still risking it all to protect our democracy \u2014 including facing arrest for protesting to defend our right to vote. We proudly stand with @ronereynolds and @RepAlGreen for being unapologetic voices for our rights during this movement,\u201d said the party.<\/p>\n<p>A few other Democratic figures have been arrested at protests in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/23\/democratic-rep-hank-johnson-arrested-voting-rights-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rep. Hank Johnson<\/a> was arrested at a voting rights protest for \u201ccrowding, obstructing, or incommoding.\u201d Democratic civil rights activist <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/27\/jesse-jackson-38-others-arrested-refusing-leave-kyrsten-sinemas-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jesse Jackson<\/a>&nbsp;and 38 others&nbsp;were arrested for refusing to leave Arizona Democrat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema\u2019s office. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/02\/jesse-jackson-arrested-dc-protest-election-reform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jackson<\/a> was arrested again a week later while participating in a protest for election reform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green and state Rep. Ron Reynolds were arrested Tuesday while protesting \u201cvoter suppression\u201d outside of the Supreme Court Tuesday, Fox News reported.Capitol Police approached the two &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-610320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}