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G_j

(40,372 posts)
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 01:31 PM Jun 2017

Police Forcibly Remove Health Care Bill Protesters Outside Mitch McConnells Office

Source: Huffington Post

Capitol Police forcibly removed protesters gathered outside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office on Thursday, with at least one photo showing drops of blood on the hallway floor.

The crowd was protesting the health care bill that Senate Republicans had written in secret at McConnell’s direction. Judging by photos and video from reporters, the senator’s staffers didn’t appreciate their presence.



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Read more: http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_594be412e4b0a3a837bdf1b7
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Police Forcibly Remove Health Care Bill Protesters Outside Mitch McConnells Office (Original Post) G_j Jun 2017 OP
Great optics, turtle! orangecrush Jun 2017 #1
but we allow up to 50 Reps and Senators sleep in our offices at night Angry Dragon Jun 2017 #2
mcconnell is a monster Marthe48 Jun 2017 #3
He's no spring chicken ailsagirl Jun 2017 #5
he's up somebody's butt so tight Marthe48 Jun 2017 #13
It is all just a process to them PatSeg Jun 2017 #14
The police are almost always on the wrong side of every issue. SamKnause Jun 2017 #4
The police are to preserve the status quo; that's why they side with the powerful. nt raccoon Jun 2017 #7
I am well aware and I am fucking sick of it !!! SamKnause Jun 2017 #9
The optics write their own ads, yeah? procon Jun 2017 #6
Those evil rethugs need to pick on someone who can fight back meow2u3 Jun 2017 #8
This was a very effective protest Gothmog Jun 2017 #10
thousands more should step in and replace them. non violent, lay on the floor & protest those Repubs Sunlei Jun 2017 #11
WWJD Who would Jesus drag. we can do it Jun 2017 #12
Mitch to Americans: mountain grammy Jun 2017 #15
More links: mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2017 #16
shame G_j Jun 2017 #17
F-ing monsters flibbitygiblets Jun 2017 #18
Of all the pigs who wear blue, there has to be still at least one decent human being. MindPilot Jun 2017 #19

orangecrush

(19,620 posts)
1. Great optics, turtle!
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 01:37 PM
Jun 2017

Just wait until the real impact of millions being thrown off of health care hits America.

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)
2. but we allow up to 50 Reps and Senators sleep in our offices at night
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 01:40 PM
Jun 2017

they should pay the going rate at the Trump DC Hotel

Marthe48

(17,027 posts)
3. mcconnell is a monster
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 01:41 PM
Jun 2017

anyone who thinks killing off the old, poor or ill is a good thing are monsters.

Marthe48

(17,027 posts)
13. he's up somebody's butt so tight
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 02:07 PM
Jun 2017

unless there is a total revolution, he'll get health care. I'd say he's sick, but he's just an elitist hog.

PatSeg

(47,602 posts)
14. It is all just a process to them
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 02:20 PM
Jun 2017

People like McConnell treat it as dispassionately as a board game, the people who are affected are of little consequence.

SamKnause

(13,110 posts)
4. The police are almost always on the wrong side of every issue.
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 01:42 PM
Jun 2017

They always side with the powerful and against the weak.

procon

(15,805 posts)
6. The optics write their own ads, yeah?
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 01:51 PM
Jun 2017

The GOP is doing a terrible (and I mean that in a good way for Dems!) job at managing the rollout of their prized healthcare bill. They had to know what was coming and should have been prepared to manage the blowback. Yet it appears that isn't the case, so I can only conclude that Republicans simply don't give a fuck what anyone else thinks, and they don't believe they will suffer any negative consequences in the long run.

Look at what's happening; we're getting cruel and heartless pictures of disabled Americans being arrested and manhandle out off the government offices they pay for. We have a hidden press meeting with no video or audio to hide the harsh questions from reporters trying to shine light on what Republicans have done. Republicans have largely gone to ground and locked themselves away from the press corps because they can't withstand the public scrutiny.

meow2u3

(24,773 posts)
8. Those evil rethugs need to pick on someone who can fight back
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 01:53 PM
Jun 2017

What kind of monsters from hell are they?!

Is McTurtle a demon straight from the 10th circle of Hell? Picking on disabled people is the height of evil!

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
11. thousands more should step in and replace them. non violent, lay on the floor & protest those Repubs
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 02:01 PM
Jun 2017
 

MindPilot

(12,693 posts)
19. Of all the pigs who wear blue, there has to be still at least one decent human being.
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 05:14 PM
Jun 2017

And I hope at some point that person has the courage to stand and loudly say "no".

That will--if it ever happens--be a turning point.

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