Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez came to the defense of lawmakers this week by warning Trump administration officials they could soon be having "a problem" with her.

Ocasio-Cortez took to Instagram after the Department of Homeland Security suggested they may pursue arrests of three Democratic lawmakers who partook in a protest outside of an ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey. Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Rob Menendez (D-NJ) and LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) all attended the protest.

  • deltapi@lemmy.world
    10·
    8 hours ago

    Hold up - they participated in the protest? Or they showed up and required a tour of the facility, which is their right as federal lawmakers?

    What I saw indicated only the latter? Did they actually participate in the protest?

    • Vreyan31@reddthat.comEnglish
      8·
      7 hours ago

      I have no idea but whether they did or not is irrelevant.

      Protesting is constitutionally protected speech even for lawmakers, and has no bearing on their rights as elected officials to tour those facilities.