Word on the street is that a total of 94 ADAPTers were arrested at today’s actions. After the Senate side non-arrestees were reunited with us from the House side, we relaxed with a lunch of the traditional ADAPT steak, aka McDonald’s hamburgers. We then decided that the time had come to take our demands of CCA in health care reform to the Capitol. Many of us who were left crawled up the steps of the United States Capitol. We chanted, “Community Choice Act NOW!” “No reform without CCA!” We unfurled several banners, and made it to the middle of the steps, where there was a chain. We did not go past that. Mike and Cassie made rousing sppeches about why we were there because we were bringing our demand that there be no health care reform without the Community Choice Act!
I must say that it was a VERY powerful sight! Of course, the police moved in quick, and even though we were willing to make a path so that others could enter, they insisted that since were were more than 25 people, and it was a unsanctioned demonstration, we had to leave. They were ready to get the ball rolling for arrests, so after some words to the crowd from Mike Oxford, we lined up and headed back to the hotel.
More later!