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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Bowden

‘Tone deaf’ White House spurns Roe activists after thousands of women march on Biden’s doorstep

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A crowd of women who marched to Joe Biden’s front gate on Saturday found themselves dismissed as “out of step” by the president’s top spokeswoman while battling unpredictable DC summer weather.

While frustration grows on the left about the administration’s response (or lack thereof) to the end of federal protections for abortion rights, the Women’s March returned to the nation’s capitol this weekend and staged a sit-in out front of the White House. While organisers asked for volunteers in the days leading up to the event to risk arrest, no actual arrests were reported on Saturday.

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