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Susan Sarandon organized a demonstration outside the Bronx office of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Monday, reminding the progressive lawmaker that she had made "a lot of promises" to her constituency but has failed to pull out all the stops achieving her healthcare agenda. While speaking at the demonstration Sarandon said "'Im here to say to The Squad, and especially AOC, who, you know, did make a lot of promises, that we still have faith in you and we would like to see if you have a better plan than we've been able to see, please share it, If there's a pathway you've got that we're not aware of, please share it. Because we're losing hope here that you represent us." AOC campaigned on Medicare for All. But failed to demand a floor vote on it when she had the power to leverage the Speaker vote. AOC didn't demand that single-payer be included in the pandemic recovery bill. And AOC moved the introduction of the House bill till after the stimulus bill passed reducing her own leverage. AOC also failed to demand that Biden use Section 1881A of the Social Security Act to expand Medicare to every American by executive action.". For remedy, the petition demands that President Joe Biden – who last year said he'd veto Medicare for All – declare a pandemic health emergency and "expand Medicare to every American using Section 1881A of the Social Security Act."
Susan Sarandon leads protest against the Squad at AOC's office: "We're losing hope"
"We're losing hope here that you represent us."
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