By McKenna Horsley

Kentucky Lantern

FRANKFORT — About three dozen protestors rallied outside the Kentucky Capitol Annex Monday to call on lawmakers to support food and health care assistance for low-wage workers and people in poverty.

The “Moral Monday” protest was part of events held across 16 states by Repairers of the Breach, a national organization that focuses on social justice.

In Frankfort, those who attended the protest held signs focusing on Kentuckians who are at risk of losing Medicaid coverage and SNAP, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, benefits as a result of the Republican-backed spending bill approved by Congress earlier this year.

Speakers included faith leaders from around Kentucky. At the end of the event, the protestors dropped off letters to state lawma

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