william lord garrison said with reasonable men you reason. with human people you plead. and we are blood brothers in this. because we understand people will diet. people are dying because of the denial of medicaid expansion. you look at the act that created more hospitals. a republican and democrat. and we should be doing what is right. pango hospital has been in that community for 60 years. floods have not been able to undo it. hurricanes have not been able to destroy it. but a governor and speaker tillis deciding to deny medicaid expansion out of spite, out of their hatred, or dislike for a president, is about to close that hospital.
now here is how nbc s station, wncn reported the vote. quote, new general assembly rules would limit moral monday protests. the new title rules restrict visitors for creating disturbances, singing, clapping or shouting. north carolina republicans we mention argue the change was not directed at moral monday protesters. the rules hadn t been altered in 25 years. they were only changed days before the highly covered moral monday protests were set to resume. now, protesters say this whole new crackdown, just like the republicans crackdown on ballot access is an attempt to distort democracy and reshape the north carolina electorate. that could drive a backlash that could backfire on the gop come november. joining me now is one of the leaders of the moral monday s movement, reverend william barr ber, president of the north carolina state conference of the naacp. good evening, reverend.
democracy and reshape the north carolina electorate. that could drive a backlash that could backfire on the gop come november. joining me now is one of the leaders of the moral monday s movement, reverend william barr ber, president of the north carolina state conference of the naacp. good evening, reverend. good evening. how are you today? doing fine. keeping an eye down there as i mentioned. we can report tonight that some protesters are being removed or arrested. tell us what happened today and tom tillis, responded to what you are doing? more than 500 people came today to do lobbying. 15. four clergy. 11 workers. minimum wage workers. one retired teacher went tine sit tine in to sit in. we did a teach-in while we were waiting for the sit-in. article 11, section 4 of the constitution of north carolina
stand up for what is right. get legislators, to accept medicare expansion and deal with issues as they come. don t let the poor people of north carolina be the soldiers of the defiant. pretty powerful. call to action on medicaid was led by reverend william barr ber, of the moral monday protests. when people block medicaid, whether they re democrat or republican, they re not following the own tradition of their party. the republicans support it, rural hospital. republican and democrats support it. y ya y creation of medicaid. it s time for our leadership on thisser eissue to put down the swords and do what is right. reverend william basherber a jonathan gruber, he is a
professor of economics at m.i.t. good evening, gentlemen. good evening. good to be here, ari. reverend, tell us about what led to that action to day and what you think is so it important about the word you used, unity, bipartisanship, where you can get it, rooted in these moral val usues. william lord garrison said with reasonable men you reason. with human people you plead. and we are blood brothers in this. because we understand people will diet. people are dying because of the denool ial of medicaid expansio. you look at the act that created more hospitals. a republican and democrat. and we should be doing what is right. pango hospital has been in that community for 60 years. floods have not been able to