''Every seat in the theater in LA filled up so Bernie went outside to talk to the people ... ''

[EffieBlack]

133. No - he was voting for the crime bill and "speaking out" against things while others were doing the

heavy lifting.

No one denies he speaks up loud and often - that’s the problem. All he does is talk but he doesn’t actually do anything - and all-too-often it would be better if he just stayed quiet.

For example, if Bernie had bothered to actually fight for President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee instead of whining that the was too conservative and promising that, if elected president, he would withdraw Garland’s nomination and replace him with someone else, that would have been helpful.

Speaking of “more representatives” needing to speak up like Bernie, you’ve heard of the Congressional Black Caucus, right? While Bernie’s off somewhere “speaking out,” they’re actually doing something. So are plenty of other representatives. But y’all go ahead and keep telling us about how Bernie’s ideas are finally catching on.

Congressmen arrested for protesting over immigration outside Trump Tower

September 19, 2017

Three congressmen were among a group of protesters arrested outside Trump Tower on Tuesday, where they were participating in a demonstration in support of immigrants and protections recently ended by the Trump administration.

Democratic Reps. Luis Gutierrez of Illinois, Raul Grijalva of Arizona and Adriano Espaillat of New York were arrested on civil disobedience charges along with the speaker of the New York City Council, Melissa Mark-Viverito, and six others, according to lawmakers' offices and Robin Levine, the spokeswoman with Mark-Viverito's office.



https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/19/politics/congressmen-arrested-trump-tower-daca/index.html

Congressman Gutierrez Arrested At White House Protest
July 26, 2011

U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Illinois) was arrested during an immigration protest at the White House on Tuesday.

Gutierrez spokesman Douglas Rivlin confirmed the congressman was arrested outside the White House Tuesday afternoon, along with about 11 other people who were sitting on the sidewalk in front of the White House as part of an immigration protest.
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http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/07/26/congressman-gutierrez-arrested-at-white-house-protest/

8 Congressmen Arrested During Immigration Rally In D.C.
October 8, 2013

At least eight Democratic members of the House were among about 200 people arrested Tuesday after they blocked a main street near the Capitol during a massive rally seeking to push Republicans to hold a vote on a stalled immigration reform bill.

Police would not identify those arrested. Representatives of the social policy organization Center for Community Change and The Associated Press witnessed the arrests of Reps. John Lewis, D-Ga.; Luis Gutiérrez, D-Ill.; Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz.; Keith Ellison, D-Minn.; Joseph Crowley and Charles Rangel, both D-N.Y.; Al Green, D-Texas; and Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill.,
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/10/08/rep-john-lewis-arrested-during-washington-rally/

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5 Lawmakers Arrested In Darfur Protest

April 27, 2006

Five Congress members were arrested and led away from the Sudanese Embassy in plastic handcuffs Friday in protest of the Sudanese government's role in atrocities in the Darfur region.
"The slaughter of the people of Darfur must end," Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., a Holocaust survivor who founded the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, said from the embassy steps before his arrest.

Four other Democratic Congress members — James McGovern and John Olver of Massachusetts, Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas and Jim Moran of Virginia — were among 11 protesters arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and unlawful assembly, a misdemeanor subject to a fine.






https://www.cbsnews.com/news/5-lawmakers-arrested-in-darfur-protest/