Disability Rights Activist Arrested for Protesting Trumpcare: We Won't Be Silent While You Kill Us
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Bump it!With the deeply unpopular healthcare plan having failed to come to a vote before the Senate recessed for the holidays, demonstrators across the country flooded the offices of Republicans in what they’re calling a "last stand" to prevent a repeal of the Affordable Care Act. We speak with disability rights attorney Stephanie Woodward, who was shown in a viral video being pulled out of her wheelchair and arrested for protesting outside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office.
Read more http://www.democracynow.org/2017/6/30/disability_rights_activist_arrested_for_protesting
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