Posted on 12/16/2011 7:24:05 PM PST by Steelfish
Congressman Begins 24-Hour Hunger Strike In Solidarity With Occupy DC Protesters 16th December 2011
A Congressman started a 24-hour hunger strike Thursday evening as a sign of solidarity with four Occupy DC protesters who have fasted for more than a week.
Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison announced on his Twitter page earlier today that he'll forgo food or drink for one day to support the demonstrators who haven't had a bite to eat since 8 December. 'started my 24 hour solidarity fast last night. May the DC vote and budgetary independence prevail!,' Ellison tweeted.
Hungry: Congressman Keith Ellison on 24-hour fast Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, met with the starved protesters yesterday and has pledged to read their declaration for voting rights for Washington, D.C. residents into the Congressional record.
The protesters are also seeking budgetary independence from Congress for District residents, the Washington Examiner reported.
'It's totally absurd that the federal budget would carry a rider restricting D.C. abortions,' one of the hunger-strikers, Sam Jewler, told the Examiner.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Do we have a pro-mUSlim or p.c. correct media that does not report this stuff?
News flash, Leftist scum: you ARE an abortion.
Can I have a couple containers of BBQ Pork Ribs delivered to the so-called Congressman?
And in other news, the Democrats in Congress are a bunch of leftist idiots.
If he really supported OWS, he would fast until all their demands are met. What a wuss.
this ellison fool/loser is just trying to lose a little weight for the “holidays”. 24-hour hunger strike...what a laugh. Someone arrest this tool and really put him on a hunger strike.
Ellison is fat. He could fast for a year. One day? BFD!
BFD. Symbolism over substance.
“this ellison fool/loser is just trying to lose a little weight for the “holidays”.”
I don’t think so...Ramadan was over on August 29th.
OOOOoooooooooooo a 24 hour hunger strike.
That’s nothing. Go Ghandi or shut up.
he’ll forgo food or drink for one day
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Wow! That long? He could die.
(Do I really need the sarc. tag?)
24 hours without eating is not a hunger strike. How about a hunger strike that last for a month or two ... now that would be saying something.
Feed him a BLT and a beer...
A man with real convictions! Not!
Wow. 24 whole hours. That’s not a hunger strike. That’s a diet.
Wow. 24 whole hours. That’s not a hunger strike. That’s a diet.
A bad diet.
It’s high time the miserable, greedy, thieving US taxpayer be brought to heel.
/sarc(????)
I’ve always wondered about hunger strikes. What is the point, really? As if the rest of the world is going to change according to your demands because you are throwing a tantrum that is only self-destructive...at least that’s what it looks like to me.
——A Congressman started a 24-hour hunger strike Thursday evening as a sign of solidarity with four Occupy DC protesters who have fasted for more than a week.——
I once fasted for 10days, just juice and water for spiritual reasons
Once you get past three days the hunger pains go away. I could have gone longer but I was starting to get weak
A 24 hour fast is not a big deal at all, actually rather pathetic as a solidarity type move...
The only good thing he will accomplish will be to give his colon a vacation
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