Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Cori Bush, D-Mo., showed support on Wednesday for pro-Palestine protestors who were arrested at George Washington University early Wednesday.

Police cleared a protest encampment at GWU and reportedly arrested dozens. Local news video showed protestors clashing with police.

"Students are protesting all across the country because they believe our government has failed to recognize the common humanity of all people," Bush said at a news conference alongside the student protestors. 

"Protest isn't meant to be comfortable. It is meant to be disruptive. And if you don't want folks to protest, then prioritize humanity over profit. Humanity over your donors. Humanity over your property."

Bush compared the pro-Palestine protests to the women suffrage and civil rights movements.

She described the protesters as students who are on the "right side of history."

Tlaib said at the press conference that all Democrats and Republicans should know "they can't arrest their way out of this growing dissent."