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Democrats Sing We Shall Overcome Hold As House Republicans Try To Hold A Vote

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Wed, Jun 22nd, 2016

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan tried to take back the House from Democratic protesters, and it did not go well. Republicans pretended like nothing was happening as Democratic chants and verses of We Shall Overcome drowned the GOP in a sea of protest.

C-SPAN Fights Back Against Paul Ryan Blackout And Shows Live Video of Democratic Protest

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Wed, Jun 22nd, 2016

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan turned off C-SPAN’s cameras, but he was not able to stop the network from broadcasting video of the Democratic protest that has shut down the House of Representatives that is being shot by Rep. Scott Peters and shown on Periscope.