HENDERSONVILLE – A local activist group is leading protests and a boycott of fast-food restaurants owned by U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards over his support of cuts to federal food and healthcare programs earlier this year.

“He’s making money off of us while he’s withholding food stamps. He voted to cut SNAP, he voted to cut the health insurance subsidies, he voted to spend so much money on chasing down immigrants,” NC Poor People’s Campaign leader Leslie Boyd told the Times-News Nov. 24.

Protests organized by a coalition called the Asheville Fights Back Network are planned for Edwards’ McDonald’s on 4 Seasons Boulevard in Hendersonville at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 28 and 1 p.m. Nov. 30, according to a Nov. 24 news release.

The boycott of the restaurants is open-ended. “I’m not setting foot in another on

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