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Shauna Sowersby

11 Jan, 5 tweets, 2 min read

Good morning from Olympia, WA where the 2021 legislative session is about to start. Legislators are filing in through a secure entrance guarded by National Guard and WSP. A few demonstrators are here already, one threatening to go inside the gates when session convenes. #waleg

National Guard are using the sundial in front of the Legislative building as a staging area as legislators continue to trickle in the security entrance.

One demonstrator arrested immediately as he attempted to walk through the security gate. #waleg

“You don’t get to set the fucking narrative, we do!” shouts a demonstrator at press members. “It’s over. We’re done with them, we’re done with you.” #waleg

Apparently I am Antifa press because of my helmet (?), according to one demonstrator.

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