Congressman Jimmy Gomez and House Democrats Shutdown Streets Around the White House to Protest Family Separation Policies
Washington,
June 13, 2018
Washington, D.C. – Earlier today, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (D - Los Angeles) and a group of House Democrats participated in an act of civil disobedience in Downtown Washington while protesting the Trump administration’s inhumane family separation policies. Shortly after the protest concluded, Congressman Gomez released the following statement: “We cannot allow President Trump to continue inflicting lasting trauma on children to scare their families from seeking asylum at our borders. But every time congressional Republicans are given an opportunity to join Democrats in combating these vicious policies, the so-called “pro-family party” exposes a stunning degree of legislative cowardice and fails to take action. I’m done waiting on the GOP to grow a spine and a heart. These turbulent times demand what my friend and colleague John Lewis calls ‘good trouble, necessary trouble.’ And that’s exactly what we got into today.”
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