Seven people were arrested after they occupied the Republican leader's office in a congressional building on Monday.
that seven people—four men and three women—were arrested for unlawful entry after they"refused to cease demonstrating." Those convicted of unlawful entry, a misdemeanor offense, face a penalty of up to six months in prison.
Ollstein noted in another post that the protest took place in the Rayburn House Office Building, not the Capitol."The activists did not break in," Ollstein added."Peaceful demos like this where people intentionally get arrested are fairly common on Capitol Hill." But several conservatives compared the incident to the storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President
and questioned why the demonstrators were not being treated as harshly as those who have been charged and convicted of federal crimes related to the Capitol riot.A very sad day for Democracy… will they be thrown in prison for years on end for this? The radical activists stormed McCarthy’s office to riot in favor of a 5 year reauthorization of PEPFAR, a…
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