Disability rights activists are going viral. They won't stop until the GOP health care bill dies.
Dawn Russell spent two nights camped out with nine other people in a small room in Sen. Cory Gardner's ******. On Thursday evening, after their 60-hour sit-in, Russell and her fellow activists were ******* from the ****** and arrested.*
Russell was there because the Colorado Republican is one of the key swing votes who could either help pass or stop the GOP's health care bill — and she is one very angry constituent.*
The Denver-based activist lives with cerebral palsy, a neurological condition that affects body movement and muscle coordination. She's a veteran member of ADAPT, a grassroots community that organizes Disability rights protests. They frequently stage protests against laws that would reduce funding for Medicaid, the federal health program that aids low-income people and those with disabilities. Read more...