On Monday, the Rev. William Barber and other activists were arrested in the Capitol Rotunda as they held a prayer demonstration against the budget. Rev. Barber and his group Repairers of the Breach also held a rally outside the Capitol to condemn the spending cuts, which threaten to strip Medicaid coverage from 14 million people. This is disability rights activist Sloan Meek.

Sloan Meek: “The way I moved around in the world, the way I communicate, the people who help me do all the things I want for my life, it is all supported by Medicaid. Proposing to cut Medicaid is a death threat to me and my friends with disabilities. Without Medicaid supporting my home and my community, I will be forced into a nursing home to spend the rest of my life in a hospital bed until I die.”