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As a result of this face to face meeting in Washington, Senator Capito is now considering a NO vote.
http://www.upworthy.com/rather-than-yell-at-her-senator-over-health-care-she-showed-her-a-photo-of-her-daughter
Rather than yell at her senator over health care, she showed her a photo of her daughter.
Rev. Janice Hill wasn't planning to go to D.C. last Tuesday, but her daughter's health was so important, she skipped a meeting and got on a bus.
Several hours later, the West Virginia pastor found herself in a meeting with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R), where she showed the lawmaker a photo of her daughter Amy, a cancer survivor, and asked her not to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
"These are real people. My daughter," the nervous Hill said as the senator listened. "And so I just want you to have that in your brain when you look at this."
The encounter was filmed and posted online:
(unfortunately I don't know how to post videos like this, it's at the link above - WELL worth watching)
"The next thing you know, somebody said, 'Girl, its gone viral,'" Hill says in an interview.
Hill's conversation with Capito has been watched over 4 million times since it went public on Thursday.
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Tanuki
(14,919 posts)in a thread last Saturday (see post #11 at link), but several people found the whole thread yawn-worthy.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029249878
brer cat
(24,578 posts)Numbers can be mind numbing to a lot of people, but a child or other person's face is harder to ignore. I love that people with stories are confronting the death panel head on.
sheshe2
(83,791 posts)We need more of this, much more.
Thank you George.
Cha
(297,323 posts)something done..
Thank you, Rev Janet Hill!
Mahalo, George!