Thousands Attend Pelosi-Care Protest: Ten Arrested at Capitol Hill Sit-In
by Helen RittelmeyerSpecial to Big Government from Helen Rittelmeyer, The Daily Caller:
Capitol Police arrested ten people on the second floor of the Cannon House Office Building at a sit-in this afternoon. The demonstrators had crowded into the office of Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a print-out of the health care bill, intending to tear up the bill in protest.
“It was a mess. There was paper all over the hallway,” said Jeanette Beam, who traveled from Georgia to join the protest. “They took a little old lady away in plastic handcuffs.”
The arrests, which happened a little before three o’clock, prompted plenty of chatter but little surprise. Earlier in the day, an organizer with a megaphone had explained the plan for the sit-in. “The police know we’re coming,” he announced. “No one has to get arrested if they don’t want to.”
The protesters were part of a crowd of 10,000 that gathered on Capitol Hill to protest the Democratic health care bill. The “emergency house call” was initiated by Rep. Michele Bachmann and organized by Americans for Prosperity.
Bachmann greeted the crowd from the Capitol steps: “You came. You came to your House.” When her remarks were interrupted by a chant of “Kill the bill,” Bachmann joked, “Oh, don’t hold back. Tell them how you really feel!” She continued, “Kill the bill – that’s exactly what you’re going to tell them.”
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