Ben and Jerry — of ice cream fame — arrested at U.S. Capitol

Among the approximately 300 people arrested at the U.S. Capitol on Monday for "unlawful demonstrations" was a pair of Vermonters whose names might make me scream, you scream, or us all scream for ice cream. Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield — the co-founders of Ben & Jerry's ice cream — were given the reprimand while participating in the Democracy Awakening protests, CNN reports.

Ben & Jerry's website explained that the co-founders were in attendance to "ensure that every citizen's voice is heard and that power in this country is returned to the people." "The history of our country is that nothing happens until people start putting their bodies on the line and risk getting arrested," Cohen said.

Democracy Awakening has explained its own aims as "protecting voting rights, get[ting] big money out of politics and demand[ing] a fair hearing and an up or down vote on President Obama's Supreme Court nominee."

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Processed and released on the scene in D.C., Cohen and Greenfield will head south Tuesday to Delaware, where they will campaign for their home state senator, Bernie Sanders.