US Twitter users react to Democrat lawmakers' arrests in front of Supreme Court

Following the arrest on Tuesday of 17 Democratic lawmakers, including congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, protesting the reversal of federal protection of abortion rights in front of the Supreme Court, many of their supporters have taken to Twitter to ask why they're getting worse treatment than their colleagues who appear to have supported the January 6th insurrection. 

"Thank you to the brave women in Congress for standing up and representing women across America whose rights are being robbed by the Supreme Court," Liddle Savage tweeted. 

"Capitol Police, where were these speedy arrests when Trump was imploring a mob to storm the Capitol, and they did it?" she added. 

"There were sitting members of congress that aided and abetted a literal attempted coup d’état.  No arrests," tweeted another user. 

He asked, "But protesting a rouge [sic], hyper partisan, and radical Supreme Court?  Instant arrest. Feeling free yet?" 

Similar tweets continued throughout Wednesday, as many on the left of the political spectrum appeared to have the same reactions.   

Indeed, on the day of 6 January 2021, when a violent mob of thousands stormed the US Capitol and threatened the lives of politicians, very few arrests were made.  

Moreover, politicians who appear to have helped the insurrectionists with their plans continue to go about their business as usual. 

Though it appears that these lawmakers had planned civil disobedience as a means of protest, with some tweeting this before their arrests, it is hard not to see the irony in the differences in the reactions of law enforcement in these two events.