Pam Garrison from the needy people in West Virginia campaign leads a demonstration in front of the Senator Shelley Moore Capito office in Charleston, W.Va., Monday, July 14, 2025. (Lori Kersey | West Virginia Watch)
More than a week after President Donald Trump had signed federal legislation into legislation, demonstrators in Charleston, West Virginia, showed a protest against cuts against food aid and the federal health care in the huge, Beautiful Bill Act on Monday afternoon.
About two dozen demonstrators gathered in front of the Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Rw.va. Some of them were also expected to go to the Charleston office of the Republican Senator Jim Justice after the demonstration.
West Virginia entire Congress delegationAll Republicans voted for the Budget reconciliation Act, which includes historical cuts in Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. In the mountain state, almost 500,000 people receive their health insurance from Medicaid. Around 277,000 state residents rely on Snap.
“A budget is a moral document, and this is soaked in cruelty,” said Pam Garrison, state tax of West Virginia, during the event. “We come from many traditions, but we share a sacred call to worry the vulnerable, welcome the stranger, to raise the common good. Repair of this law. Repair the damage and reinvestment in dignity.”
The legislation extends and extends a 2017 tax law to keep individual income tax rates at the same level. It also makes some tax breaks for business investments as well as research and development costs. For this purpose, the legislation lowers the financing of the Medicaid program and relocates considerable costs for SNAP to the States for the first time.
In an explanation on Monday, Kelley Moore, a spokeswoman for Capito, said that the Senator believes that everyone should have the right to hear their voices in a respectful and peaceful way.
“The big beautiful bill, which is now the law, focuses on security, security and prosperity that the American people want and need,” said Moore. “This comprehensive package reflects the priorities that were shared with President Trump – the West Virginians overwhelming the recent elections.”
National, abrasive 17 million people It is expected that you will lose your health care by 2034 due to the implementation of the requirements for work reporting for Medicaid recipients and changes to the market for affordable care laws, according to the center for household and guideline priorities.
In West Virginia it is expected that around 75,000 Medicaid recipients will lose their coverage according to an analysis by repairing the violation. The invoice increases the costs of SNAP advantages of the state due to its error rate. If these costs are based on the error rate of 2024 of the state, according to the Center for Household and Political Priorities, this would cost more than $ 50 million.
Art Lane from Belle was one of the approximately two dozen people who took part in the protest.
He pointed out research From Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania, which estimates that legislation could lead to 51,000 deaths per year due to the loss of health insurance, the dismissal of 1.38 million Medicare beneficiaries with low incomes and the abolition of the federal nurse.
“Think about how many of [those deaths] Will West Virgins be? “Lane said.
“I am out here and fight for people and stand for the people who are less lucky,” he said.
The protest was part of a series of events in 11 southern states of the repairs of the violation, a national organization under the direction of Bishop William J. Barber II. The “moral leaders who raise our deepest moral and constitutional values to redeem the heart and soul of America”.
“We will organize anyone who violates this bill,” said Barber in a statement on Monday. “Jim Crow, the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act and, moreover, the story consistently taught us that the poorest and marginalized communities have a profound ability to create changes, even if the future appears. YES is no different. Mobilize, we can change the entire landscape of our nation.“”
Similar demonstrations took place in Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Texas, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana, Virginia and North Carolina.
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