Dozens of protesters arrested after staging sit-in at Chuck Schumer’s DC office
The Guardian reports that dozens of protesters with the Sunrise Movement, a youth climate organization, were arrested Thursday after staging a sit-in inside Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer's Washington DC office. According to the Sunrise Movement, 54 people were arrested out of a few hundred who joined the protest from across the country, including some from New York, which Schumer represents. The protesters were pushing for new Senate leadership and an end to the filibuster.
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Dozens of protesters arrested after staging sit-in at Chuck Schumer’s DC office
Protesters with the Sunrise Movement youth climate group push for new Senate leadership and ending the filibuster Dozens of protesters with the Sunrise Movement, a youth climate organization, were arrested after staging a sit-in inside Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer’s Washington DC office Thursday According to the Sunrise Movement, 54 people were arrested, among a few hundred who joined the protest from across the country, including some from New York, which Schumer represents. On its Inst
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