14 Sep 2023 3:51 am
I'm assuming long prison sentences for them. Right? Right?
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Seven demonstrators were busted Monday after they barged into and briefly occupied House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) office, according to Capitol Police.
The protesters were seeking a five-year reauthorization of PEPFAR, a George W. Bush-era program that provides government funding for HIV and AIDS treatment, prevention and research.
“Pass PEPFAR now,” the group chanted as security personnel warned that they would be arrested if they remained.
The activists were later stood up against the wall outside McCarthy’s office and handcuffed.
They kept demanding PEPFAR’s renewal as authorities escorted them away, in a scene captured on video by Politico reporter Alice Miranda Ollstein.
https://nypost.com/2023/09/11/activists ... s-program/
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Activists are occupying <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerMcCarthy?ref ... rthy</a>’s office demanding a full 5 year reauthorization of PEPFAR, which some Rs are opposing. Background: <a href="https://t.co/nQVnCxPDE0">https://t.co/nQVnCxPDE0</a> <a href="https://t.co/wCZx4Z6wzu">pic.twitter.co ... </p>— Alice Miranda Ollstein (@AliceOllstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/AliceOllstein/statu ... >September 11, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Seven demonstrators were busted Monday after they barged into and briefly occupied House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) office, according to Capitol Police.
The protesters were seeking a five-year reauthorization of PEPFAR, a George W. Bush-era program that provides government funding for HIV and AIDS treatment, prevention and research.
“Pass PEPFAR now,” the group chanted as security personnel warned that they would be arrested if they remained.
The activists were later stood up against the wall outside McCarthy’s office and handcuffed.
They kept demanding PEPFAR’s renewal as authorities escorted them away, in a scene captured on video by Politico reporter Alice Miranda Ollstein.
https://nypost.com/2023/09/11/activists ... s-program/
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Activists are occupying <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerMcCarthy?ref ... rthy</a>’s office demanding a full 5 year reauthorization of PEPFAR, which some Rs are opposing. Background: <a href="https://t.co/nQVnCxPDE0">https://t.co/nQVnCxPDE0</a> <a href="https://t.co/wCZx4Z6wzu">pic.twitter.co ... </p>— Alice Miranda Ollstein (@AliceOllstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/AliceOllstein/statu ... >September 11, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>