Protesters Are Flooding D.C. Amid Healthcare Vote

As the Senate voted to proceed with debate on repealing Obamacare—with no viable replacement bill on hand—hundreds of protesters flooded D.C. in opposition. Jeff Stein, congressional reporter for Vox, has been tweeting all day about protestors flooding flooding the Hart Senate Office Building. This includes several ADAPT Members from Rochester, Boston, Chicago and Arkansas. The scene is especially heartbreaking as many of the protesters are actually in wheelchairs and their health is clearly dependent upon Obamacare not being repealed.

It’s expected that several arrests will be made before the end of the day. Check out some of the footage below.

Part of line of the ~200 physicians, activists, Medicaid enrollees entering the Capitol rn over TrumpCare.

A few dozen arrests expected pic.twitter.com/ye68Hzt2vQ

— Jeff Stein (@JStein_Vox) July 25, 2017

ADAPT protesters are flooding the Hart Senate Office Building right now. Members from Rochester, Boston, Chicago, Arkansas… —-> pic.twitter.com/BvzWgveyiX

— Jeff Stein (@JStein_Vox) July 25, 2017

Wild scene as hundreds demonstrate in the Hart office building. Capitol police getting ready pic.twitter.com/fydT6wl6C8

— Jeff Stein (@JStein_Vox) July 25, 2017

Police escorting the first wave out pic.twitter.com/feAxq0VnAf

— Jeff Stein (@JStein_Vox) July 25, 2017

Groups of Senate staffers watching from every floor pic.twitter.com/yL48dzizeO

— Jeff Stein (@JStein_Vox) July 25, 2017

It’s almost like people don’t want their health care taken away with literally no alternatives in place.