It’s getting simple. The Voting Rights Act hinges on the filibuster. It’s not all that hinges on the filibuster, but it’s the focal point of the moment. The rest of the Biden agenda will also be affected by the filibuster, needless to say.
Today, Rep. Joyce Beatty was arrested by Capitol police while attending a protest in favor of voting rights.
Rep. Joyce Beatty, Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, is arrested after participating in a small voting rights protest that culminated in a march around the Senate Hart Office Building Atrium. pic.twitter.com/PYcA1wllkk
— Morgan Rimmer (@morgan_rimmer) July 15, 2021
Congressional Black Caucus Chair Rep. Joyce Beatty's office confirms that she was one of nine people arrested by Capitol Police in a protest at Hart Senate Office building today. pic.twitter.com/Ur9JHGHFKi
— Emily Brooks (@emilyelarsen) July 15, 2021
— Joyce Beatty (@RepBeatty) July 15, 2021
According to the USCP, officers arrived at the scene of the protest, in the Hart Senate office building, at approximately 3.30pm after “reports of illegal demonstration activity”.
“After officers arrived on the scene they warned the demonstrators three times to stop. Those who refused were arrested,” the USCP said in a statement.
The arresting officers then transferred two males and seven females to USCP headquarters for processing.
Beatty shared another tweet shortly after her arrest that said simply, “#GoodTrouble”. That phrase is a reference to a quotation from the late Democratic congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis.
“You must find a way to get in the way and get in good trouble, necessary trouble,” Lewis said in a 2016 commencement address. “You have a moral obligation, a mission and a mandate, when you leave here, to go out and seek justice for all. You can do it. You must do it.”
Lewis was arrested more than 40 times over the course of his life, mostly for protesting as part of the civil rights movement.
It’s amazing that this issue of the filibuster should come down to two Democratic senators. But that’s where we are. And I don’t think those two senators should hesitate, because guaranteed, if the Republicans were in power and the shoe on the other foot, the filibuster would be history.
Now you know RoJo the clown is going to be awfully scared that these particular folks got so close. You know, totally unlike the murderous WHITE mob back in January that, while they had him pissing himself at the time, were only tourists.