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P E R S P E C T I V E : I m p e a c h m e n t —A Fin a l L o o k
Resisting to the End, 10 Arrested in
Rotunda as Senate Voted to Acquit
The 10 protesters from Remove Trump commandeer the center of the Capitol Rotunda in a sit-in just hours before the Republican Senate acquitted Donald Trump.
BY PAUL SCHINDLER
As Republican members
of the US Senate, in the
iron vise grip of Donald
Trump, prepared to acquit
the president on February 5,
dozens of members of the ad hoc
direct action group Remove Trump
planned one fi nal act of impeachment
focused resistance.
Securing tickets to the 12:40
p.m. tour of the Capitol, the group
— which when asked by security
staff whether they planned any disturbance
denied any such intention
— followed their guide until the visit
reach the historic Rotunda.
Having scoped that space out
ahead of time, the activists knew
GEORGE DE CASTRO DAY
that the center of the room was cordoned
off — making it a perfect spot
for 10 of their members to stage a
sit-in.
That’s how activist Donna Aceto,
a photographer for Gay City News,
set the stage in explaining how she
and nine other women — from New
➤ IMPEACHMENT, continued on p.23
GEORGE DE CASTRO DAY
Those sitting in included Donna Aceto (in purple), an activist and Gay City News photographer.
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