Six protesters were arrested this morning when they refused to leave Sen. Joe Lieberman’s (I-CT) office and were charged with unlawful entry, Roll Call reports.
Last week, nine universal health care demonstrators were arrested in Lieberman’s office.
Roll Call reports:
CodePink helped organize both sit-ins, protesting Lieberman’s threat to filibuster the health care reform bill. Joan Stallard, a CodePink member who watched Tuesday as police carted off her colleagues, accused Lieberman of accepting money from the insurance industry and thus voting in the interests of those companies.
“As an independent, we expected him to be voting with Democrats,” she said, later adding, “When the people’s lives are at stake, there shouldn’t be any hesitation.”
