Ten healthcare protesters – most with disabilities – who began a sit-in to demand two days ago that the Republican senator pledge to oppose the GOP's plan to repeal and replace Obamacare were arrested at Senator Cory Gardner's Denver office on Thursday.

Protesters in wheelchairs and lying on the floor chanted “Rather go to jail than to die without Medicaid!” while the Denver police stood in the doorway of Gardner's downtown office and ordered them to leave.

The demonstrators live-streamed their own arrests on Facebook while the chanting continued. Police also used video cameras to record the arrests.

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“Stop fighting!” a police officer told one of the demonstrators as officers moved in.

“We’re not fighting,” one responded as an officer restrained a fellow demonstrator and began carrying him away. Police picked up some protesters, restrained them, forced them into their wheelchairs and wheeled them out of the office.

“You’re under arrest,” an officer said.

“Senator Gardner, shame on you!” demonstrators chanted as the first person was removed from the office.

Protesters took over Gardner's waiting room on Tuesday when the office opened in the morning. Nine of them stayed the night with blankets and food. Eight more spent the Wednesday night, while nine were intending to spend the night again on Thursday before getting arrested.

The protest was organized by ADAPT, an organization that works to promote disability rights. The organization wants Gardner to commit to protect medicated spending for people with ability issues. Advocates say that those services would be cut in the proposed Senate health care bill.

Before the arrests, Gardner's state director read a statement to the protesters saying that the building management informed the office that it was in violation of its lease and both staff and the protesters had to leave.

A spokesperson for Denver Police said that they responded to a signed complaint from a representative at the senator's office that people were trespassing.

“The top priority throughout this protest has been allowing these individuals to exercise their First Amendment rights in a safe environment,” Casey Contres, a Gardner spokesman, said in a statement after the arrests began. “In order to allow this, staff have slept in the office for two nights and assisted and aided these individuals with several matters to ensure they were comfortable and safe. Earlier this evening, Denver police asked the individuals to leave. When they declined to leave, the police were forced to remove them due to several factors, including serious concerns for their health and safety.”

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