Disabled military veterans arrested for peacefully protesting the Iran War at Capitol Hill. A coalition of 200 veterans standing at attention, held red tulips honoring Iranians killed by US bombs, and conducted a flag-folding ceremony symbolizing the US troops killed.
The veterans demanded Speaker Mike Johnson come meet them to accept the folded flag and pledge to not continue funding of the war. At least 60 were arrested while waiting for Johnson to meet their demands.
Those arrested included Executive Director of Veterans For Peace Michael McPhearson and Executive Director of @centeronconscience Mike Prysner
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This is what “supporting the troops” looks like.
Veterans just got ZIP-TIED inside Congress.
More than 60 veterans and military family members gathered inside the Cannon House Office Building to demand an end to the war.
Some had canes. Some were in wheelchairs. Some had prosthetic legs.
They held banners that read “End the War on Iran” and “We Can’t Afford Another War.”
They performed a flag-folding ceremony. They held red tulips for the dead. And then police moved in and started zip-tying them.
The same MAGA movement that wraps itself in the American flag just had veterans dragged out of Congress for saying NO to Trump’s war.
These are not random protesters. These are people who SERVED. They saw it with their own eyes.
They know what war REALLY looks like.
Dead civilians.
Broken bodies.
Traumatized families.
Troops sent home changed forever.
Politicians lying until the last possible second.
That’s why this protest hit Trump SO HARD.
Because when veterans are willing to get arrested inside Congress to stop a war, you know the people pushing it are terrified of what comes next.
Trump wants obedience. That’s it.
He wants our flag. He wants photo ops. He wants WAR.
But the people who actually fought showed up to say NO. And for that, these heroes got zip tied…
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