Many members of Congress have grown fearful of what they see as an increased likelihood of political violence, such as a shooting at a congressional baseball practice in 2017 to the pro-Trump mob attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Sen. Bernie Sanders uses an elevator at the Capitol in Washington on Oct. 7, 2021.
As Sanders’ demand showed, party leaders share the goals of the protesters who are pressing Sinema; Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.; and other conservative-leaning Democrats to drop their resistance to ambitious legislation. But many members of Congress are uncomfortable with the activists’ increasingly bold tactics.In recent weeks, protesters have paddled kayaks on the Potomac River to confront Manchin on his yacht docked near the Capitol.
“I strongly support the right to peaceful protest,” Schumer said. “I started my career protesting the Vietnam War, and I get protested all the time. I understand, and so feel for the immigrant community and what they’re going through. But following someone into a bathroom and recording them — that’s over the line.”
The senator has emerged as one of the focal points of an intense lobbying campaign by the White House and party leaders because in an evenly divided Senate, Democrats need every one of their members to push through the social policy and climate bill. That gives Sinema effective veto power over the package.
“Sinema’s constituents have not been granted access to her office, they have been ignored, dismissed and antagonized,” the group said in a statement after the protest.
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