The Democratic Doctors Caucus attempted a press conference outside House Speaker Mike Johnson's office. (Tyler Olson - Fox News)
But that area is a major tourist corridor, and the press conference was quickly flooded with tourists walking from the Rotunda past Johnson's office and into Statuary Hall.
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Police officers directed members to stand on one side of the corridor, while the press stood on the other.
The result was unusable to journalists as tour guides and tourists' chatter drowned out their remarks. The Democrats' comments were inaudible.
Their press conference also created somewhat of a tourist traffic jam between the two areas, as officers struggled to keep the area open.
Demonstrators calling for the preservation of Medicaid funding are removed from a House markup session on May 13, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Democrats have railed against potential Medicaid cuts since Trump was elected in November. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), at least 10 million people will lose health insurance by 2034 due to Trump's megabill.
While Trump has maintained that the bill does not cut Medicaid and Republicans claim the bill only cuts waste, fraud and abuse in the program, Democrats have continued to speak out against the projected cuts.
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The Democratic Doctors Caucus planned to highlight the harm Medicaid cuts could have on hospitals during their press conference Wednesday, but their remarks were drowned out by the steady flow and chatter of tourists walking back and forth from the Rotunda to Statuary Hall.
Deirdre Heavey is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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