To protest the passage of what President Trump refers to as the Big, Beautiful Bill, some 75 protesters staged a die-in across the street from Trump Tower.
It was dubbed the Murder Budget by the demonstrators.
The activists carried posters that said, “Musk Stole My Medicaid” and “Trump Did This.” Others signaled distress by holding the American flag upside down. They had wanted to demonstrate inside the lobby of Trump Tower, but were prevented from doing so by metal police gates on the pavement. Rather, at approximately 4:45 p.m., they laid down in the bus lane across the street from the skyscraper, close to Fifth Avenue and 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan.
This bill violates both human and divine law. Wearing a rucksack bearing the slogan “Trump Is a Liar,” Jane Lindberg, 69, held up a set of upside-down American flags and declared, “We have elected a man who has taken over our government and run rampant over our Constitution.”
Physicians for a National Health Program NY Metro, Rise and Resist NYC, and Indivisible coordinated the demonstration.
Many people, including Republicans, would suffer from this policy, according to 53-year-old software developer Matthew Cavalletto. The individuals who will suffer are the working class, notwithstanding the Republicans’ claims to represent their party.
Following the Senate’s narrow passage of the contentious $4.5 trillion budget bill on Tuesday, Congress passed it on Thursday.
In order to finance ICE’s unconstitutional reign of terror and tax breaks for the billionaire class, Trump will sign his budget measure that will eliminate clean energy, cut SNAP funding, and deny millions of people access to healthcare, according to a statement from Rise and Resist.
