Georgia congressman john lewis deployed a strategy from his days as a civil rights activist and coupled it with social media to stage a dramatic sit in wednesday on the house floor with his fellow.
Sit in on house floor.
By jennifer bendery and sam stein washington democrats literally sat down on the floor of the house chamber on wednesday and forced the house into a temporary recess as part of an effort to compel republican leadership to vote on gun control legislation.
Some remained standing on the floor.
Ditto for taking photos and video in the chamber.
Physically sitting on the house floor is technically a violation of house rules.
The group included civil.