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A Protester Stormed The Senate And Told Republicans, 'You People Are Awful!'

"You people are awful!" a protester in the Senate gallery screamed as Republicans worked to pass Trump's bill.

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Sarah Jones
Jun 30, 2025
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Trump and Republicans have been flat out lying about their cuts to Medicaid, saying no one will lose coverage, but not everyone is fooled.

A protester interrupted Republican efforts to pass Donald Trump’s bill just after 7PM Sunday evening, yelling that they are awful, horrible people.

“You people are awful,” the unidentified heckler yelled. “You’re awful! You’re awful.”

The interruption came at the end of Senator Sanders’ (I-VT) speech opposing the bill and calling it corrupt.

Republicans are cutting $600-880 billion from Medicaid, which will close rural hospitals, community clinics and more on top of throwing millions of people off of healthcare.

Contrary to their claims, Republicans aren’t focused on kicking “illegals” off of Medicaid or getting rid of waste, fraud and abuse, mostly because undocumented immigrants are largely not eligible for Medicaid and only some l…

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