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.
With the republican and democratic conventions on the horizon and with black protest perhaps brewing again the sit in on the house floor for gun legislation is a reminder of lewis s involvement in.
Physically sitting on the house floor is technically a violation of house rules.
A group of roughly 60 legislators sat down cross legged in the middle of the house floor wednesday pushing for gun control votes.
Ditto for taking photos and video in the chamber.
Some remained standing on the floor.