Clergy Arrested in McConnell's office

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Clergy arrested at McConnell’s office for protesting health care bill as “political murder”
By Leah McElrath | July 13, 2017



Pastor Traci Blackmon confronted McConnell for his grotesque hypocrisy:

We are here to make sure that you to do what you were elected to do. As I look at this plaque with your name on it, it says that you represent the people of Kentucky. And I happen to know that the people of Kentucky will suffer if this health care bill passes. You may be OK. Your friends may be OK. But the people who put you in office will suffer because of this bill.

It is time to stop calling God by other names when you really want to call God “capitalism.” It is time to stop cloaking your greed in religious language.

I’m here to tell you that there ain’t nothing right about the religion that’s happening in these halls. This should be where we come for help. And yet we are coming crying out on behalf of the people to stop some of the most egregious legislation that we have seen in a long time.

If you can turn your backs on 22 [million] additional people, don’t tell me that you are pro-life. If you can turn your backs on people who are suffering from conditions that will no longer be able to be treated, don’t tell me you are pro-life.

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During the protest, Barber tweeted, “Kill the death bill & let the people live!” and decried the Senate health care repeal bill as an act of “political murder” against the poor.