I am so inspired by the people fighting back against the ALEC-fueled takeover of North Carolina:
Nearly 40 Moral Monday Georgia activists today were arrested for interrupting proceedings throughout the Georgia Capitol in an effort to urge Gov. Nathan Deal to expand Medicaid – and block legislation that would strip him of the authority to do so.
The first group of protesters was sitting in the state Senate gallery that overlooks the upper chamber. Around 11:10 a.m., four activists who were in the gallery’s first row, began to unroll a large banner and loudly chanted, “Medicaid expansion now!”
They were shortly followed by two more groups of four people each shouting, “Medicaid expansion, our lives matter!” The activists were also removed by Georgia Capitol Police. Both waves of activists temporarily stopped the upper chamber from going about their business. The commotion forced Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, R-Gainesville, to offer a stern warning.
“We take great pride in the Senate being a very open body. But if we have one more outburst like we just experienced I’m going to clear the gallery,” Cagle said after the third interruption by protesters.
