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Justin Papp

Protesters urging Congress to ‘flush bathroom bigotry’ arrested after sit-in - Roll Call

More than a dozen people were arrested Thursday for protesting Republicans’ push to ban transgender women from using women’s bathrooms in the House.

WikiLeaks whistleblower and activist Chelsea Manning was among those arrested, according to organizers with Gender Liberation Movement, the group that planned the action. 

The activists gathered outside of Speaker Mike Johnson’s personal office in the Cannon Building around noon, demonstrating both in the corridor and the women’s restroom across the hall.

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