Protesters storm hallway outside Mitch McConnell's office demanding 'no cuts to Medicaid'
After Senate Republicans released the text of their health-care bill Thursday, approximately 60 protesters — including several in wheelchairs — stormed the hallway outside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office.
The sit-in was organized by Arc, a group that "promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities."
Security soon began removing protesters, even physically dragging some people away:
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Even as they were being escorted out, many protesters turned to reporters' cameras to demand "no cuts to Medicaid." "Medicaid covers 30 percent of non-elderly adults with disabilities and 60 percent of children with disabilities," Slate writes.
