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Protests Rage Against Senate Healthcare Plan

HeadlineJun 23, 2017

Outside Senator Mitch McConnell’s office on Capitol Hill Thursday, scores of disabled protesters held a sit-in protest against the Republican healthcare bill. Many of them chanted “No cuts to Medicaid!” as Capitol Police dragged them away one by one. One woman was lifted from her wheelchair by four officers after she went limp in a nonviolent protest. Protesters also rallied at Washington, D.C.’s National Airport Thursday, targeting Republican lawmakers as they left town for the weekend. This is protester Barbara Bearden.

Barbara Bearden: “Well, we’re hoping to catch all of these senators on their way home. Before they get home, we’d like to remind them of what’s waiting for them: more protests, more requests for town halls and more calls.”

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