Protestors take over Missouri Senate, Demand Medicaid Expansion [View all]

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Protestors take over Missouri Senate, Demand Medicaid Expansion

by tmservo433

Yep, you've got that right.



On a day where Missouri passed an irresponsible tax cut overriding a Jay Nixon Veto, elderly and others have taken to the capital to demand that Missouri take the Medicaid Expansion.

As a result, state capital police were called to help clear them out.

“We will not be silent. We will not be silent. The pain of Missouri speaks today. Today the misery of Missouri speaks. Today the pain the hurt the sickness the poverty of Missouri speaks,” the protestors chanted. “Today we will not be silent.”

As soon as the protesters erupted, Senate Majority Floor Leader Ron Richard, R-Joplin, called for the Senate to go into recess and ordered the gallery of the Senate cleared. During their removal, the group broke into song, singing that Missourians without Medicaid “shall overcome” the lack of health coverage, and representatives of different religions prayed for expansion.

You can hear them sing & chant here:

https://soundcloud.com/...

Beginning at 1:20, the upper gallery takes over and shuts down the senate, yelling "EXPAND MEDICAID"

And who leads this protest that continues at this moment? Missouri Reigious groups.

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/06/1297284/-Protestors-take-over-Missouri-Senate-Demand-Medicaid-Expansion