***MEDIA ADVISORY FOR THURSDAY JUNE 26 AND FRIDAY JUNE 27***
Washington, D.C. – Protect Our Care is holding two events this week as Senate Republicans march towards a vote on their Big, Ugly Bill ahead of their self-imposed July 4th deadline. On Thursday, June 26 at 9 PM ET, a Lite-Brite display telling Republicans “Hands Off Health Care” will be held on the east front of the Senate steps. On Friday, June 27 from 10 AM ET to 6 PM ET, a mobile billboard will circle Capitol Hill and the Mall playing ads targeting six key Senate Republicans: Lisa Murkowski (AK), Dan Sullivan (AK), Susan Collins (ME), Thom Tillis (NC), Shelley Moore Capito (WV), and Jim Justice (WV). The action follows Protect Our Care’s projection on the RNC building in D.C. which blasted Senators Mitch Connell and Joni Ernst for their comments mocking and dismissing constituents worried about Medicaid cuts.
The GOP bill makes the largest health care cuts in history, slashing Medicaid and dismantling the Affordable Care Act in order to fund tax breaks for big corporations and the wealthy. Millions of Americans would lose life-saving coverage, including seniors, children, veterans, people with disabilities, workers who don’t get insurance through their jobs, and people who take care of their children or elderly parents. Not only will hardworking families lose their health care, but rural hospitals will shut down, seniors will be forced to leave their nursing homes, and people fighting cancer or addiction will lose access to critical treatment. Senate Republicans need to stand up for their constituents and reject this bill or face the consequences at the ballot box.
THURSDAY
WHAT: Lite-Brite Display
WHERE: East front of the Senate steps
WHEN: 9 PM ET
FRIDAY
WHAT: Mobile Billboard
WHERE: Capitol Hill and the Mall
WHEN: 10 AM ET to 6 PM ET
Sample Ad Script for ME:
Narrator: With everyday costs as high as they are, no one can afford to lose their health care. Yet, right now, some in Congress are trying to pass the biggest cut to Medicaid in history.
Their plan means sixteen million Americans could lose health care. Seniors, veterans, and children with disabilities. All to give another tax break to billionaires and big corporations.
Our Senator, Susan Collins, can stop this from happening.
Call Senator Collins and tell her we’re counting on her to stop these cuts to our health care.