{"id":306193,"date":"2021-07-23T06:34:26","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T03:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/georgia-democrat-hank-johnson-arrested-in-voting-rights-protest\/"},"modified":"2021-07-23T06:34:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T03:34:26","slug":"georgia-democrat-hank-johnson-arrested-in-voting-rights-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/georgia-democrat-hank-johnson-arrested-in-voting-rights-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"#Georgia Democrat Hank Johnson arrested in voting rights protest"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Georgia Democrat Hank Johnson arrested in voting rights protest<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) and eight others were arrested Thursday after they took part in a voting rights protest that illegally blocked the door of a Senate office building on Capitol Hill. <\/p>\n

Johnson, 66, who has represented a majority-African American district east of Atlanta since 2007, tweeted that he was \u201cprotesting against Senate inaction on voting rights legislation & filibuster reform. <\/p>\n

\u201cIn the spirit of my dear friend and mentor \u2013 the late Congressman John Lewis \u2013 I was getting in #goodtrouble,\u201d Johnson added.<\/p>\n

Earlier Thursday, Johnson joined other members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) at a rally outside the Supreme Court to urge the Senate to scrap its legislative filibuster, which requires 60 votes to pass most bills. Many Democrats say the change is needed to pass the For The People Act, which would mandate early voting and automatic voter registration nationwide, and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which looks to restore protections from the 1965 Voting Rights Act.<\/p>\n

Following the rally \u2014 which included remarks by Democratic Reps. Jamaal Bowman of New York, Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri, Troy Carter of Louisiana, Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, and Al Green of Texas in addition to Johnson \u2014 the protesters marched to the Hart Senate Office Building while chanting, \u201cThis is what democracy looks like.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement<\/a>, US Capitol Police said they arrested two men and seven women in the atrium of the building after giving them three warnings to clear the doorway. Video posted online shows the demonstrators blocking a door while chanting \u201cHey, hey! Ho, ho! The filibuster has got to go!\u201d and \u201cWhat do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now!\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson is the second CBC member to be arrested during a voting rights protest in as many weeks. On July 15, CBC Chair Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) and eight others were also detained in the Hart Senate Office Building. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe will not be turned around. We will keep walking. We will fight for freedom. We will fight for our right to vote!\u201d Beatty tweeted after her arrest, attaching a photo of her linking arms with fellow protesters.<\/p>\n

The For The People Act passed the House on a near-party-line vote in March, but was blocked by Senate Republicans using the filibuster. Republicans oppose the legislation, saying it would amount to an unconstitutional partisan takeover of the election system. <\/p>\n

Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona have publicly come out against ending the legislative filibuster, despite pressure from Democrats including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).<\/p>\n

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Rep. Hank Johnson was arrested after joining members of the Congressional Black Caucus at a rally outside the Supreme Court.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cI have told them, \u2018We have to get this done,’\u201d Schumer said of Manchin and Sinema during an interview on SiriusXM\u2019s \u201cThe Joe Madison Show\u201d Thursday. \u201cEverything should be on the table \u2026 we\u2019re going to continue to push. We\u2019re going to have hearings. We\u2019re going to have votes until we get this done.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy position is that we can\u2019t take anything off the table because voting rights are so important,\u201d Schumer added. <\/p>\n

President Biden himself has shown little enthusiasm for the idea, saying during an CNN town hall Wednesday night that such a radical step would \u201cthrow the entire Congress into chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Post wires<\/em>\n <\/div>\n