Congressman Begins 24-Hour Hunger Strike In Solidarity With Occupy DC Protesters [First Muslim]

Daily Mail (UK) ^ | December 16, 2011

[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.

[Chode]

24 hole hours... well golly gee

[baiamonte]

Let’s send him a bunch of “slim jims”. Pork of course.

[DesertSapper]

24 hours? That’s it? What a wuss.

[reagan_fanatic]

Anything to sow the seeds of discontent and further his goal of one day instituting sharia law in this country.

[rabidralph]

I never understood hunger strikes and why people gave in to the strikers’ demands. If they want to starve, let them starve.

[Steelfish]

LOL!

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

At the end of his farcical fast, will someone send this schmuck a pork chop?

[little jeremiah]

I wish he’d go on a 6 month hunger strike. Pleeeeease.

[Steelfish]

And to all the morons in his district who voted for this jackass. More proof the D’rats have their brains up their ass.

[JoeProBono]

[Graewoulf]

This is just to much FUN!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

One day? Hell, I do that for my colonoscopy.

[Mr. K]

so...he’s going to skip a couple of meals and we are supposed to care?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Steelfish.

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... met with the [Occutards] 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... '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.

D.C. should be resident-free, other than the 535 units for members of both houses of Congress (nothing fancy) and the hosted embassies.

[Hunton Peck]

I think the nation’s capitol should consist of a fleet of double-wide trailers that is moved each decade to a point as near as possible to the population center of the US. All meetings, hearings, sessions, etc. to be held in any available open field, rain or shine.

[skinkinthegrass]

let 'em starve...nobody is forcing him.
its called; "free choice", his free choice
...his politics be d@md!

[skinkinthegrass]

...of a fleet of double-wide trailers that is moved each decade (week) to a point (with-in 100 miles) as near as possible to the population center of the US. All meetings, hearings, sessions, etc. to be held in any available open field, rain or shine.///
you know that's a good start, keep 'em movin'...
& don't inform the lobbyists either.

[hosepipe]

Any self imposed pain Ellison imposes on himself is well deserved..

Even if it is alleged pain.. cause muslims lie a lot..

[TBP]

May he extend it.

[Vendome]

News flash, murderes ... Killing a baby is still...uhm, murder...

Socialist prigs ....