Patriotic Americans are fighting back. All across the country, people are protesting Trumpcare and holding “die-ins” to demonstrate the result of the horrific Republican bill that will not only “repeal” Obamacare, but go back to times darker than before Obamacare in terms of healthcare.
Senator Mitch McConnell created a panel of 13 men, none of whom seem to be familiar or in touch with real Americans and their healthcare needs, to craft this bill in secret. No women participated. It is scheduled for a vote before the July 4th recess, even though the CBO hasn’t even scored it yet and Republicans are only granting 20 hours of floor debate even though Obamcare had 270 hours of debate in the Senate.
Many people will die as a result of the Senate Republican bill if it’s passed. People could reach their lifetime cap in the middle of chemo. A pregnant woman and her baby could die as she’s giving birth because pregnancy isn’t be covered. Our veterans won’t be able to get the care they earned.
Here’s a round up of people fighting back:
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In central Arkansas, IndivisibleCnAR leader Terrie Root’s story:
Moving story from @IndivisibleCnAR leader Terrie Root. @IndivisibleTeam @INDIVISIBLEArk pic.twitter.com/AEb41tuK1k
— FaulknerIndivisible (@FCIndivisibleAR) June 23, 2017
Arizona:
#TrumpCare #SaveACA @IndivisibleTeam
Arizona constituents had a loud, simple, & clear message for the staff of @JeffFlake in Phoenix today pic.twitter.com/UYRmEDMj1o
— CaptainsLog2017 🖖ðŸ½ðŸŒµ (@CaptainsLog2017) June 23, 2017
Senator Flake's office right now
Too many resistors
Not enough office#SaveACA #ResistGOPCare @IndivisibleTeam pic.twitter.com/DTJuG4GtWZ
— CaptainsLog2017 🖖ðŸ½ðŸŒµ (@CaptainsLog2017) June 23, 2017
Louisiana:
@BillCassidy please protect our healthcare. About 100 folks took off work to plead First do no harm. @IndivisibleNO @IndivisibleTeam pic.twitter.com/vsKM9EsS6x
— Tracy MSY (@harbend) June 22, 2017
Ohio:
#HealthcareBill #OhioDieIn #CauseOfDeathAHCA @senrobportman @wkyc pic.twitter.com/tijsHY9NP0
— Indivisible CLE (@indivisible_cle) June 23, 2017
Happening now:
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinatti, & Toledo staging die-ins outside each of @senrobportman 's local offices. @IndivisibleTeam pic.twitter.com/y5OlKzd73l— Indivisible CLE (@indivisible_cle) June 23, 2017
Nebraska:
.@SenatorFischer why are your staffers hiding from your constituents? pic.twitter.com/BCKIgujmnZ
— IND Nebraskans (@IndivisibleNeb) June 23, 2017
Arkansas:
.@TomCottonAR, we are outside your office. Talk to us abt the bill that will take away 300,000+ Arkansans healthcare. #ProtectOurCare pic.twitter.com/cTMOI8ZCtk
— FaulknerIndivisible (@FCIndivisibleAR) June 23, 2017
Kansas City, MO:
KC Palliative Physician invites @RoyBlunt to join her for rounds. He needs to see the real people this bill jeopardizes! @Indivisible_KC pic.twitter.com/XKtjBbm3qT
— Rachel (@mrskrebotchnik) June 23, 2017
@IndivisibleTeam Angelic troublemakers at the Philly vigil. Thank you, resistance fighters, for having the backs of your countrypeople! pic.twitter.com/6wwfcJW7cm
— Nancy Latham (@NancyLathamLFA) June 23, 2017
A West Virginia Now This video from footage shot by Mark Dasher of WV Indivisible that is heartbreaking:
wow pic.twitter.com/T8qlYp1u0h
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) June 22, 2017
Pennsylvania:
Hundreds of people here for #VigilForOurLives. @SenToomey do you hear us? pic.twitter.com/BzDmxCUzgB
— UHWP ðŸ â¤ï¸ (@uhwpa) June 22, 2017
Die-in outside @PatToomey office for #Healthcare4All. #ProtectOurCare #AHCA pic.twitter.com/kRijzo5Dle
— Helen Gym (@HelenGym2015) June 22, 2017
"This is what political murder looks like." Barber re: cutting Medicaid #ProtectOurCare #vigilforourlives @SenToomey pic.twitter.com/yzb00yuszF
— Delighted bat noises (@eRobin) June 22, 2017
"When you hurt the poor you forfeit the right to worship God." Rev Barber #vigilforourlives #protectourcare pic.twitter.com/3ew3If9QaH
— justjo (@justjo1002) June 22, 2017
Oklahoma:
Sit-in for Healthcare .@SenatorLankford's OKC office. Toddlers to seniors, we ALL need care! pic.twitter.com/jcPL0SFdAg
— Indivisible Oklahoma (@IndivisibleOK) June 21, 2017
Idaho:
Great Heroes & Heroines at Healthcare Protest–#Wealthcare #NoHearingsNoVote @Maddow @IndivisibleTeam pic.twitter.com/HuYyP9dE1S
— IndivisibleBoiseCh1 (@IndivisibleBoi1) June 21, 2017
D.C., where they arrested protesters in wheelchairs because apparently our Republican lawmakers are snowflakes who can’t handle free speech:
Capitol Police arresting protesters who rely on wheelchairs. They dropped one.#NoCutsNoCaps pic.twitter.com/R6OiJ5P1h7
— jordan 🌹 (@JordanUhl) June 22, 2017
Capitol Police arresting protesters who rely on wheelchairs. They dropped one.#NoCutsNoCaps pic.twitter.com/R6OiJ5P1h7
— jordan 🌹 (@JordanUhl) June 22, 2017
A vigil:
18 hrs into 24hr vigil to #StopTrumpcare & still standing strong. #Indivisible pic.twitter.com/AivJTSusZp
— IndivisibleWhidbey (@IndivisibleCoup) June 21, 2017
In New York, cheering on Minority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer’s resistance to Trumpcare:
Let's get ready to rally! #KeepItUpChuck #StopTrumpcare @IndivisibleTeam @nyc_indivisible @ny_indivisible @INDVSBLHarlem @SenSchumer pic.twitter.com/Ckjkpe6kdB
— Indivisible NationBK (@bkindivisible) June 22, 2017
This is what your country is doing when faced with great challenge.
The people are standing up, speaking out, protesting, making their voices heard. They will not go down quietly.
Trumpcare is set to kill millions of Americans. It is a death sentence Republicans want to pass so they can give a rich person a tax cut.
Understand, it’s not that we don’t have the money or that Obamacare isn’t working. It’s working for all of these people. It could be improved even more.
No, we have the money. Republicans think someone like Donald Trump who has houses all over the world needs to save a few more dollars on their taxes and that is worth the lives of your children, our veterans, our elderly, our people with disabilities, our pregnant women, our babies.
All of the vulnerable people, that’s who will be hurt so that Republicans can give a rich person a tax cut.
This is the opposite of what Jesus taught, and yet these lawmakers claim to be Christians.
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