When members of Congress passed through the Longworth House office building, protesters engaged in abusive heckling. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver was reportedly spat upon. A hero of the civil rights movement, Rep. John Lewis was called a "ni**er" and a "baby killer". Rep. Barney Frank was called a "faggot" and heckled by a protester who deliberately screamed in a lispy sounding voice.
Rep Clyburn said he hadn't witnessed such behavior since leading civil rights protests in South Carolina in the 1960's. He told the Huffington Post:
"It was absolutely shocking to me... I led the first demonstrations in South Carolina, the sit ins... And quite frankly I heard some things today I have not heard since that day. I heard people saying things that I have not heard since March 15, 1960 when I was marching to try and get off the back of the bus."
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