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Capitol Police Begin Arresting 300 Protesters Staging Senate Sit-In — Including Comedian Amy Schumer

Joseph Curl

Capitol Police around 4 p.m Thursday began arresting an unwieldy mob of some 300 protesters who have staged a sit-in protest inside a Senate office building’s atrium.

Demonstrating against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the protesters have been holding up signs and chanting throughout the day, the Associated Press reports. “Others who were watching on upper floors unfurled banners that said ‘we believe Christine Ford,'” said the AP.

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