Republicans Find Themselves at Their Constituents’ Funerals

Last Thursday, the House passed the American Health Care Act by a razor-thin four votes; they did so without knowing how many people would become uninsured as a result of the bill, which would allow states to opt out of Obamacare's protections against charging higher rates to people with pre-existing conditions.

Lawmakers are currently home for recess, and some of their town halls and other appearances are looking a little grim. Specifically, people are wearing black and holding tombstones describing what killed them. These "die-ins," most of which are part of the Payback Project organized by MoveOn, Indivisible, the Women's March, and the Town Hall Project, are in protest of the 217 Republican representatives who voted for Trumpcare. Because, yes, people really do die from not having healthcare.

The Payback Project says of die-ins: "Our strategy is to make voting for this bill absolutely politically toxic by publicizing and personalizing the problems with the bill and by holding any Members of Congress who vote for this bill very publicly accountable." The Payback Project has a list of upcoming events and advice for staging your own die-in.

Here are photos from some die-ins around the country.

In Willingsboro, New Jersey, where Rep. Tom MacArthur was holding a town hall:
MacArthur wrote the amendment that would let states gut pre-existing conditions protections.

In New York City, where House Speaker Paul Ryan was visiting a charter school:

In Orlando, Florida, where there was a harpist and creepy Grim Reaper:

In Gilbert, Arizona:

In Birmingham, Alabama:

In Madison, Wisconsin:

In Bentonville, Arkansas:

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