Illinois House of Reps Argues About Occupy Movement

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Nov 30, 2011 11:30PM

The Illinois House of Representatives voted down a resolution supporting the Occupy movement 37-58 on Tuesday. While that isn't surprising, some of the lawmakers' statements were.

State Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-Oak Park/Austin) introduced House Resolution 610 to express "support of the continued peaceful exercise of First Amendment rights by Occupy protestors."

"Do you recognize the violence, the crime at these protests?" said Rep. Ed Sullivan (R-Mundelein), according to the Illinois Review. "This protest movement is un-American. If you don't believe in capitalism, then vote for this. I will not stand for it."

Oh, but he didn't stop there. Sullivan also said he has seen reports of "raping and pillaging and beating people up and murdering," at the Occupy protests.

You can see a full list of the 37 who voted for, the 58 who voted against, and the 15 House members who abstained in this PDF.