Roe v. Wade Protest Shuts Down Major D.C. Bridge Near Capitol

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By Fatma Khaled On 6/24/22 at 12:52 PM EDT


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The District Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C., announced Friday that the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge is closed due to "safety concerns" after a Roe v. Wade protest blocked the bridge, which is south of the U.S. Capitol.

The closure is expected to remain until further notice, according to the department. Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Police Department initiated a full departmental activation through Tuesday in response to the protests at the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a statement by the D.C. police department.

The department added that the D.C. Homeland Security and the Emergency Management Agency are actively monitoring the situation and sharing information with federal partners..................

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[elleng]

1. That'll help gain lots of support, but for WHOM?

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Well it's Friday in D.C.

and Congress will be off the next 2 weeks (although some do Committee work and may have some hearings).

[bottomofthehill]

17. And there is a fire in the 3rd street tunnel

The members of Congress are guests here. They have mostly flown home. It does not impact on them at all.

[BumRushDaShow]

21. Since the House had the final vote on that gun package this afternoon (and probably had proxies)

they would be making their way out of there. But the Senate were probably already on the road outta there on red-eyes early this morning since they did their vote late last night.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Clarence lit the match

[Evolve Dammit]

10. Never should have been confirmed. Anita was right. He is a vile pig. And sedition Ginny. JHC. n/t

[cloudboy07]

16. Our high court is now the official pussy police !

[stillcool]

24. for years he never said a word...

and wasn't he recently sick? Sounds like something 'from the desk of'

[exboyfil]

4. Inconvenience Senators Justices

And the Evangelical leadership. Not some Joe or Jane trying to get home to their families.

[MarcA]

5. Rec for visibility. n/t

[Mr.Bill]

6. Blocking traffic

is not a good way to bring people over to your side.

[Paladin]

7. What have Democrats achieved with 50 years of good conduct?

The Supreme Court gave us the answer to that one, today.

[tonekat]

27. Spot on! N/T

[Evolve Dammit]

11. Not hurting anyone. How should we proceed?

[Mr.Bill]

13. Are you sure you are not hurting anyone?

What about emergency vehicles that will now take longer to get to the scene of an emergency?What about missed appointments like with a doctor?

But it's not really about whether or not you are hurting anyone, it about pissing people off instead of inviting over to our side. It's counter-productive.

[jmowreader]

19. We've tried "inviting them over to our side"

They always - ALWAYS - set the "price of friendship" to abandoning all our beliefs, positions and stands.

[Evolve Dammit]

20. Disagree. We have no voice without making some inconveniences and fighting back in a visible way.

[Mr.Bill]

22. We'll have to agree to disagree.

[tonekat]

28. When I worked in D.C.

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I always thought; "Do not get injured in D.C.." It's one big traffic jam at rush hour, and a slightly smaller traffic jam at other times of the day. Their EMT's had a pretty bad reputation of dealing with anyone that was gay or trans. Or pretty much anyone.

[on edit] I forgot, I wanted to say I used to go home by taking 34th street down to Key Bridge. It's a narrow, residential street for the well to do. The Fire Dept. thought nothing of taking that street at Rush Hour in the afternoon instead of Wisconsin Ave. 34th was One Way, with parking on both sides, you had to find the nearest driveway/alley to get out of the way of the Fire Engines, sirens, lights, horns, and all. Stressful to say the least. It made no sense to me.

As far as inviting "them" to our side, they won't come unless they are wearing a suicide vest.

[Tommymac]

26. It's called Good Trouble.

John Lewis will be proud.

[yaesu]

8. The pres called for calm, I'm afraid that the days of calm are over, when elected officials

fail, when the political process fails there is no other path to take then major civil disobedience.

[Vdizzle]

12. The assholes that are on court weren't elected...

[yaesu]

25. but congress was & can pass laws & fix it in stone, the court can't. Congress can make RvW law, do

election reform, get money out of politics, ect... but it hasn't been done so the court can step in, make up all the bs they want and get away with it.

[wnylib]

9. While I understand and feel their anger, too,

this is not a constructive way to fight back. It gives fuel to the opposition.

Fight back in ways that gain votes for Dems and reforms.
Motivate people to vote against the right wingers.

Rallies to register and get out the vote. Inform people of which candidates in their states and districts are pro or anti choice. Focus on women who are willing to speak up about their abortion choices.

[jaxexpat]

14. That could work as well before a backdrop of social upheaval.

If we only had some words that talking heads could say to reveal the situation with clarity. The protests should concentrate on Fox news headquarters. 1 or 2 million angry women should get even Fox's attention after a month or two. The women are going to act out, they should act out. May as well focus and make it count.

[richdj25]

15. Was driving home this afternoon a couple of

miles away from the Douglas bridge and noticed an electronic sign for that exit indicating the bridge was closed until further notice. If anything, it caused BIG time traffic backups for miles. People like me were annoyed with such, on a Friday no less, when things should had been light.

This thing pretty much mirrors what those Deplorable truckers did a around 495 a few months ago, and all that did was piss people off.

I support women's rights 100%, along with vote and participate in EVERY election, including for dog catcher.


I stopped being angry at Republicans a long time ago. Figure it's best to use my energy to participate in relegating those bastards back to the extreme fringes of society.

Instead of blocking traffic, it's best to seek out new avenues, like bringing an actual knife to these blade rumbles with the GOP.

Stop at just getting mad and actually do something.

[bottomofthehill]

18. Wait until the next baseball game.

Then it will really get ugly

[Crowman2009]

29. It would be more constructive if they locked arms and blocked pro-life churches.

[Magoo48]

23. Yes! Sustain this for as long as it takes. Mix it up. Stay creative. Be persistent.

[Mysterian]

30. No....no...NO!

Blocking traffic endangers human lives.