Activists Occupy GOP Headquarters in Madison

[nadinbrzezinski]

MADISON, WI (FDL) – Members of a disability rights group have occupied the Wisconsin Republican Party headquarters in Madison, and vow to stay until Governor Scott Walker takes out the Medicaid provisions in the budget repair bill. The news of the occupation was met with thunderous cheers at a noontime rally in the Capital Rotunda, which featured Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and a large contingent of firefighters from around the state.

ADAPT, the nationwide disability rights group, took over the headquarters to protest the portion of the budget repair bill that switches authority over Medicaid and BadgerCare over to the Department of Health Services. Governor Walker appointed Dennis Smith to run the Department of Health Services, a senior fellow from the Heritage Foundation who has repeatedly argued that states should drop Medicaid altogether. Under the budget repair bill, Smith would have near-unilateral authority to carry that out if he chose. Jonathan Cohn has written extensively about the Medicaid changes in the budget repair bill.

“We are asking the GOP to intervene,” said Jason Glozier with ADAPT, one of the organizers of the occupation. “The changes to Medicaid Assistance have been ignored in this bill. People’s lives are at stake.” Glozier believes that if medical assistance for the disabled is underfunded or unfunded, people will lose jobs and many disabled Wisconsinites would be drastically affected.

http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/02/24/activists-occupy-gop-headquarters-in-madison

Ok I am LOL here, ths is funny. WELL DONE by the way. And to those going but this is FDL, suck it... you expect MSNBC to cover it let alone CNN?

[gatorboy]

1. It's nice to see some REAL American protests.

As opposed to the bought-and-paid-for Tea Party sheep.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Maybe that sleeping giant has finally been roused from its complacency....

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. I think it has

[xchrom]

4. from your lips to god's ears. nt

[drm604]

5. These are exciting times!

:bounce:

[suffragette]

6. K&R

[Kurovski]

7. K&R. (nt)

[PA Democrat]

8. Good for ADAPT. Expose Walker and his fellow corporate tools

for the amoral, cowards that they are.

I hope our Governor Corbett of PA is watching because he hopes to make draconian cuts to Medicaid in PA. These pigs need to be exposed and embarrassed. I will picket at the governor's church if he thinks he is going to cut services for the disabled. My daughter along with thousands of other adults with disabilities are currently on long waiting lists for services.

How much more dignity can these cretins rob from the least among us?

[EC]

9. Well done indeed.

Kicking out a bunch of people in wheel-chairs will just brutilize Walker and gang.

Maybe more sit-ins should begin.

I'm sure Walker and croonies will say they are being used as "human shields" just like they are saying about the children.

[Matariki]

10. Yeah, I actually clapped (out loud) when I read that!

looking around :blush:

[Poboy]

11. 'vow to stay' -laying seige is effective!

[Hutzpa]

12. I will rather see them (anonymous) limit westboro's power to communicate. n/t