Dems including Ocasio-Cortez, Speier, Alma Adams arrested at abortion rights rally outside Capitol

[mountaineer]

That said, what's with the fake handcuffing poses?

The "air handcuffs" was one of the strange things. Another is why they were so bundled up in 90 degree weather.

[Polly Ticks]

AOC's Fake Handcuffs Reveal Politicians Have Become Influencers—and Nothing More | Opinion

Video of Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar went viral on Tuesday which seemed to show the two Congresswomen pretending to be handcuffed as police escorted them away from a pro-abortion protest. Both Representatives were led away peacefully but seemed to be feigning being cuffed, walking with their hands clasped behind their backs, only to raise their fists defiantly a few moments later.
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The Congresswomen's antics perfectly encapsulate how the performative conventions of social media—with staples like virtue signaling and self victimization—are infecting the way our politicians conduct and aggrandize themselves in public. Every moment is now a potential performance to an imaginary audience, their hands willingly held behind their backs to perform for the cameras and their fists raised in the air to signal to their fans.

https://www.newsweek.com/aocs-feigned-handcuffs-reveal-politicians-have-become-influencers-nothing-more-opinion-1726177

[Killer Clouds]

The "air handcuffs" was one of the strange things. Another is why they were so bundled up in 90 degree weather.

The answer is simple. They are lying hypocritical DCP idiots that can't even get arrested. It also shows pigs can't do their job correctly either.

[txradioguy]

The "air handcuffs" was one of the strange things. Another is why they were so bundled up in 90 degree weather.

They knew where the cameras were during this stunt. When you see the pics from the front it does indeed look like they were handcuffed.

If those were the only pics out there they would appear to have been actually under arrest.

[Wingnut]

They knew where the cameras were during this stunt. When you see the pics from the front it does indeed look like they were handcuffed.

If those were the only pics out there they would appear to have been actually under arrest.

I have their booking photo's saved somewhere.

[libertybele]

I'd say that it is the MSM that are the influencers.  They no longer report, they tell a story to sway public opinion.

[Polly Ticks]

I'd say that it is the MSM that are the influencers.  They no longer report, they tell a story to sway public opinion.

It's a partnership, for sure.
It surprised me to see that article in Newsweek.