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Watch: Capitol Police are ‘West Wing’ fans, too

What’s next? President Bartlet is on the Hill

Martin Sheen is seen on the center steps of the Capitol before being arrested during a weekly rally with Jane Fonda to call for action on climate change Friday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

By Thomas McKinless

Posted January 10, 2020 at 4:22pm

Even Capitol Police are fans of “The West Wing.”

Actor Martin Sheen, best known in D.C. for playing President Jed Bartlet in Aaron Sorkin’s classic NBC drama, was on the Hill on Friday for the last of Jane Fonda’s weekly climate protests. Sheen and actor Joaquin Phoenix were apprehended by Capitol Police after the crowd of protesters moved to the Capitol steps. According to a spokesperson for Capitol Police, 147 people were arrested for unlawful demonstration.

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