Nationwide Congressional Sit-Ins Protest Trumpcare

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"At some 36 events in nearly two dozen states, Republican senators heard a single message loud and clear on Thursday: do not take away health care.

According to Our Revolution, one of the national organizers, at least 1,000 activists participated in sit-ins at local state offices of senators who are considering backing legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare. The nationwide effort combined the forces of Democracy Spring, a civil resistance organization, Our Revolution, the political organization that stemmed from Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, Democratic Socialists of America, the Working Families Party and more.

The country-spanning protest came about in response to the threat of an imminent vote on the Better Care Reconciliation Act, the Senate’s version of repeal efforts and the lack of scheduled GOP town halls during the congressional recess this week. The idea was that if these senators would not provide a forum to hear from their constituents, their constituents would come to them—risking arrest in the process.”*

Hosts: Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, Francesca Fiorentini

Cast: Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, Francesca Fiorentini

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Young Turk (n), 1. Young progressive or insurgent member of an institution, movement, or political party. 2. A young person who rebels against authority or societal expectations.(American Heritage Dictionary)

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Those having a large appetite for for abuse should continue voting Republican, and will never be disappointed.

jimthompson

imagine that after the CBO's most recent report that 45 million people would be uninsured if this bill passes the common man would be against it and wouldnt want their health insurance taken away.its almost as if people like the ACA

rougeful

Welcome Francesca! I love your hosting on Newsbroke, hilarious!

ProteusX

It is Sad that they don't just say, I AM GOING GREEN

stevewinsor

Please help the new ppl...she is nice lady that said um way to much. l saw the same with others they look unprepared. I really hope everyone will feel more comfy soon. 😍

wildfirekristin

run trump voter run for your life! lmao

thomasmackelly

Peaceful protest is the most American action anyone can commit. The toxic vitriol against these brave and passionate people shows how more dictatorial and inhumane they are.

davienap

I hope Francesca is Hannah's replacement.

adamwalcott_official

Sweet, no Hannah!!! This Francesca woman is 1000x better than Hannah. She doesn't have the cringeworthy body language of a stuck up 13 year old like Hannah does. Her speaking presentation is better too. Fire Hannah and give all of her airtime to Francesca instead!

dayman

"Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside
And it is ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'."

- Bob Dylan -

Jamahran

There is and never will be anything called TrumpCare. There are only too possibilities. One is an awful bill that could be called #TrumpDontCare. The other option is worse, consisting of two bills, #TrumpStopsCare and (possibly followed by) #TrumpDontCare.

Not possible to believe that any rational person could still believe that Trump cares for or about ANYONE else.

ShannonJacobs

Why aren't there more people protesting? Well, what does the opposition usually shout at protesters? "Get a job!" The assumption is that you must be unemployed, because who has time to protest? On one hand, a lot of protesters are employed, but they use their time off to protest. On the other hand, there are a lot of people who don't have time to protest because of family, work, school, etc. There's also the bystander effect, which I think has been greatly expanded/made more common by the Internet.

jakeself

i am so glad these people are protesting

ed

Grace, Hannah, now this girl? Really? They are either really nervous to read off a piece of paper while sitting behind a desk in front of a camera, or they're newbies and have a panic attack the minute it's go-time, or they just sick.

Where's a couple more Ana(s)? 😟

Theressomethingwrongwiththem

When you're done, get together and recall any/every politician who refuses to support fast-track snap elections. That step alone will change the rules of the game, but since nature is in a catastrophic change of state and we'll be extinct long before we complete the millions of work orders reqd to fix this mess, I leave the solution to someone wiser.

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