Democrats Stage Capitol Sit-in Against GOP Budget Cuts | JQJO

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Sen. Cory Booker led a nine-hour sit-in protest on the Capitol steps against the Republican budget proposal. They argue the bill, aiming for $1.5 trillion in cuts, poses a grave moral threat by slashing funding for crucial programs like Medicaid, food assistance, and healthcare for the elderly and disabled. The protest, attended by fellow Democrats and supporters, highlighted the Democrats' opposition to the planned cuts ahead of the congressional return from recess. Booker emphasized the moral implications of the budget, drawing parallels to Martin Luther King Jr.'s views on budgets as moral documents.