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Democrats Stage Sit-In Protest In Congress
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June 23, 2016
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10:51Now PlayingCongressman John Lewis staged a sit-in protest on the floor of congress. The congressional Democrats want to vote on a bill to restrict suspects on the terrorist watch list from buying firearms. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“Georgia congressman John Lewis deployed a strategy from his days as a civil rights activist and coupled it with social media to stage a dramatic sit-in Wednesday on the House floor with his fellow Democrats to force a vote on gun control.
"Sometimes you have to do something out of the ordinary, sometimes you have to make a way out of no way," said Lewis, one of the last living icons of the civil rights movement. "There comes a time when you have to say something, when you have to make a little noise, when you have to move your feet. This is the time. Now is the time to get in the way. The time to act is now. We will be silent no more."
Lewis and roughly 40 fellow House Democrats began by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance as a couple dozen visitors in the gallery looked on and vowing "to occupy the floor of the House until there is action."
Other Democrats began chanting: "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired!" and "No bill, no break!"
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