Sanders, Schumer and Pelosi encourage anti-GOP rallies
Source: Newsweek
01 JAN 2017 AT 12:35 ET
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, along with House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and New York Senator Charles Schumer, sent a letter to congressional colleagues across the United States this week demanding they host major rallies ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20.
The three Democratic leaders called for a “day of action” on Jan. 15, in which thousands of grassroots activists will urge Trump to protect health care coverage for millions of Americans who benefit from government-funded programs like Medicare and Medicaid.
"Beginning in January, it is likely that Republican leaders in Congress will follow through on their threats to ram through a budget bill that will severely undermine the health care needs of the American people," the letter sent Wednesday read. Their predictions for what a budget bill spearheaded by the GOP will feature include "slashing Medicaid and threatening the nursing home care of over four million vulnerable seniors; increasing prescriptions drug prices more than $1,000 a year for over five million seniors and persons with disabilities; and passing a $4,800 tax hike on millions of average Americans, while providing hundreds of billions in tax breaks to the wealthiest people across the country."
Sanders, who competed for the Oval Office and has routinely criticized Trump for his "demagogic" policies, Cabinet nominations and statements, noted Trump ran on a platform of protecting the exact programs Republicans are now threatening to diminish with a new budget for the federal government.
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