A 33-year-old single mom from West Virginia. A home healthcare worker from Arizona. Climate activists on hunger strike. An Afghanistan veteran. Christian, Jewish and Muslim faith leaders as well as progressive members of Congress. All gathered at the US Capitol in Washington on Wednesday morning to demand Democrats in Congress fulfill their promises to voters on poverty, health care, immigration, minimum wage, climate action and voting rights.
Led by Rev William Barber, the activists implored Democrats to take a bolder stance against senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin, two holdouts without whom the Democrats’ social policy and climate change bill will not pass.
“We say that this stuff is absolutely critical,” Barber said. “We say it’s urgent but then we treat it as though we’ve got options and more time but we do not.”
“People die from poverty and low-wages. People die from the lack of housing. People die from the lack of healthcare. People die…