(3 Jul 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Charlotte, North Carolina – 3 July 2025
1. Wide of protesters in Charlotte holding signs advocating for Medicaid and SNAP benefits.
2. Wide of protesters listening to speaker UPSOUND (English) Kellie Williams, Medicaid recipient and Democracy NC organizer:
"Make sure your voices are being heard."
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Kellie Williams, Medicaid recipient and Democracy NC organizer:
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"I am very afraid that, you know, all aspects of this bill will be punitive to to folks who are, you know, disabled and and maybe can’t work, who are struggling and maybe can’t find a job, you know, people are going on interview after interview and unable to find work and when you can find work it’s not paying a living wage."
4. Mid of protesters holding signs advocating for Medicaid and SNAP benefits.
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Kellie Williams, Medicaid recipient and Democracy NC organizer:
"If I were to be uncovered at this point in my life, it would be devastating. I would eventually like so many others, just have to suffer and possibly die."
6. Mid of protesters holding signs and an American flag
7. Mid of protesters holding signs advocating for Medicaid expansion
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Sun H, Southeast Asian Coalition organizer:
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"We are seeing an increase in Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s budget at the expense of poor working class communities, so taking away from SNAP and Medicaid and you know the…this is just not what we want our taxes to be going to and where our budgets should be going to."
9. Mid of protesters holding signs advocating for Medicaid and Medicare
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Rev. Glencie Rhedrick, Charlotte Clergy Coalition for Justice co-chair"
"So we’re here to sound the alarm that we need our state, our national leaders to first of all kill this "Big Beautiful Bill" because it’s impacting families, the SNAP program and the Medicare. We also need the state to make sure that they have the budget necessary to make sure that our families can receive the services they need."
11. Mid of protesters holding signs advocating for voting rights and Medicaid
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Sangria Noble, Medicaid recipient and NC Poor People’s Campaign organizer:
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"One of my children has diabetes, you know, without Medicaid or SNAP benefits with that nutrition, foods and and things like that, being able to afford that for her, her life is at risk, OK? Without SNAP benefits, our refrigerators, a lot of our refrigerators will look empty, OK? Our children will be hungry."
13. Mid of protesters holding signs advocating for Medicaid and SNAP
STORYLINE:
The nation’s social safety net would face massive changes under a bill headed to President Donald Trump’s desk. There would be a work requirement for many people to get or keep Medicaid health insurance, and a similar requirement for older adults to receive food assistance.
Paperwork requirements would also increase. Planned Parenthood could no longer get federal funding for its non-abortion health services. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says that by 2034, the bill would result in nearly 12 million more uninsured people in the U.S.
Supporters say the measures will save taxpayers money, enhance personal responsibility and block fraud.
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