Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee said she was arrested on Thursday by Capitol Police during a protest on voting rights, becoming the third lawmaker to be arrested in recent weeks while participating in a pro-voting rights demonstration in Washington
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"Yes, I engaged in civil disobedience in front of the Hart Building in Washington, DC, and I was arrested," Jackson Lee said in a recorded statement provided to CNN. "Any action that is a peaceful action of civil disobedience is worthy and more to push all of us to do better and to do more and to pass 1, S 1 and to pass the John Robert Lewis Voting Rights Act," the Texas Democrat added in part. She continued:"The people of Texas are desperate and need it.
— Sheila Jackson Lee July 29, 2021 In a video of the incident posted to Jackson Lee's Twitter account, the congresswoman can be seen getting her hands restrained by an officer before being led into a police vehicle. Jackson Lee, who was arrested along with several other protesters, had been standing outside of the Senate office building with a group of protesters and speakers when Capitol Police ordered the crowd to move away from the area.
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