“When we cannot depend on the courts and the legislative power of human beings, we can still depend on … the power of your love and your mercy and your truth,” Barber said in the Rotunda as police began to surround him. While arresting protesters at the Capitol is not unusual, the response to Barber’s prayer was unusually dramatic: After issuing verbal warnings, dozens of officers expelled everyone in the Rotunda — including credentialed press — and shut the doors, obscuring any view. And it definitely doesn't apply to people that would pray sanity to come back to the government or for the poor who will catch the brunt of the Republicans' greed.
Author: Chris capper Liebenthal
Published at: 2025-04-29 21:19:16
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