Alyssa Milano reveals she was arrested for staging voting rights protest outside the White House
Actress Alyssa Milano was arrested in Washington D.C. for protesting outside the White House.
The Charmed star and activist revealed she was nabbed by police on Tuesday as she staged a voting rights demonstration with the People For the American Way (PFAW), a progressive US advocacy group that fights for freedom and equality.
According to People magazine, 24 other activists were arrested at the protest, including the PFAW president.
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Actress and People For the American Way board member Alyssa Milano attends the No More Excuses: Voting Rights Now rally held in front of The White House on October 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. Getty
"I was just arrested for demanding the Biden Administration and the Senate to use their mandate to protect voting rights," she wrote on Instagram, of course referring to US President Joe Biden.
"Stand with me and @peoplefor and tell the Senate and White House that voting rights shouldn't depend on where you live. #DontMuteOurVote."
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The actress accompanied her post with a photo of herself standing outside the White House, holding up a sign that reads, "Save Our Democracy. Pass the Freedom to Vote Act."
Milano was aware of the consequences protesting outside the White House could bring, because hours before her arrest, she said this in a video shared via the People For the American Way's official Twitter account.
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Pastor Fee-Rell Malone, Rev. Jamal Bryant, actress and activist Alyssa Milano, Jana Morgan and Rabbi David Saperstein march to The White House for the No More Excuses: Voting Rights Now rally on October 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. Getty
"I am going to risk arrest today because there, in the last year, has been 425 bills that have been introduced to restrict voting rights," she said in the clip.
"So I'm going to demand that our president do everything in his power to pass the Freedom to Vote Act, The John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the DC Statehood Act."
Watch the video above.
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