Washington, D.C. – Tonight, Protect Our Care projected images outside the Republican National Committee condemning the GOP for the health care crisis and government shutdown they own. Right now, Republicans are holding the government hostage in order to slash Medicaid and end health care tax credits for working families to fund tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations.
Instead of protecting the health and well-being of millions across the country, Republicans have chosen to help their ultra-wealthy friends get richer. They are refusing to create a bipartisan budget that meets the needs of working families. With full control of Congress and the White House, Republicans alone are responsible for this shutdown. It is time for them to stop playing games with people’s lives and end this disaster.
“Republicans have created this health care crisis all on their own,” said Protect Our Care President Brad Woodhouse. “Instead of working across the aisle to lower costs and protect hard-working families, they’re prioritizing tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations. Now the government is at a standstill because Republicans can’t abandon their war on American health care. The American people deserve better – and it’s up to Republicans, who control Washington, to end this shutdown and stop their relentless attacks on our health care.”