Prominent Democrat lawmakers and activists have called for mass protests to defy the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called the decision by the highest court in the land “illegitimate” In a video posted to social media.
“Take to the streets!” Ocasio-Cortez can be heard chanting.
In another video, Congresswoman Maxine Waters tells a crowd that the Supreme Court has “not seen nothing yet.”
“Women are going to control their bodies, no matter how they try and stop us,” Waters said.
“The hell with the Supreme Court, we will defy them… We will be out by the thousands. We will be out by the millions.”
Others like far-left activist Carlos Maza took to Twitter to laud violence as an appropriate response to the decision.
“Violence is a legitimate and appropriate response to oppression,” wrote Maza.
“The suffragettes planted bombs. Queer people threw bricks. Violence has always been a necessary and important part of social justice.”
The US is expecting to face a wave of protests and riots this Summer in response to the historic decision by the Supreme Court.
US President Joe Biden called on Americans to exercise their right to protest but to do it peacefully.
“I call on everyone, no matter how deeply they care about this decision, to keep all protests peaceful. Peaceful, peaceful, peaceful. No intimidation. Violence is never acceptable. Threats and intimidation are not speech,” said Biden in an address to the nation on Friday.
