BREAKING: Seniors in Wheelchairs Zip-Tied and Arrested During Senate Budget Protest
Seniors in Wheelchairs Zip-Tied and Arrested on Capitol Hill
According to multiple eye witnesses and ABC Action News, multiple senior citizens in wheelchairs were zip-tied and arrested today inside the U.S. Senate office building while protesting cuts to healthcare in the new federal budget bill.
Watch this disturbing video:
The demonstrators, many affiliated with disability and elder advocacy groups, staged a peaceful sit-in demanding Congress protect Medicare, Medicaid, and essential care services. Capitol Police responded by forcibly removing several elderly protestors—some still seated in their wheelchairs—using zip-tie restraints.
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Videos from the scene show officers detaining seniors as chants of “care not cuts” echoed through the halls.
The arrests come amid growing national backlash over GOP-led budget proposals that slash healthcare funding for vulnerable Americans.
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Does anyone in the Trump admin realize the negative optics of arresting wheelchair-bound seniors who are peacefully protesting cuts to Medicaid and Medicare?
Stupid though he is, Trump usually calculates publicity carefully. This seems like a classic Stephen Miller or Hegseth miscalculation.
This is heinous.