Posted on 11/11/2021 8:40:42 AM PST by Impala64ssa
One radio host is giving lawmakers food for thought.
Joe Madison, the host of Sirius XM's Urban View, announced on Monday that he was going on a hunger strike as a "redress to what is just plain politically and morally wrong" in light of GOP efforts to stonewall Democratic-backed voting reforms
"As a political protest, I am beginning a hunger strike today by abstaining from eating any solid food until Congress passes and President Biden signs the Freedom to Vote Act or the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act," he said.
Taking action is "what drives me and inspires me," Madison said. "So I have begun this hunger strike, I should say this, in solidarity — let me repeat, in solidarity — with all those who are calling on Congress and the president of the United States to protect our voting rights."
The liberal radio host, better known as the "Black Eagle," has employed similar tactics before, hosting a record-breaking radio marathon in 2015 where he was on the air for 52 hours to benefit the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Republicans in Congress have blocked multiple attempts to pass the voting legislation Madison cited. Last week, Senate Republicans blocked the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act aimed at restoring parts of the 1965 Voting Rights Act struck down by the Supreme Court. Two weeks earlier, GOP lawmakers shot down an effort to advance the Freedom to Vote Act, which would make Election Day a federal holiday and mandate no-excuse mail-in voting for all, among other provisions.
"This has become an almost weekly routine," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday. "My friends on the other side are trying to give Washington unprecedented power over how Americans cast their vote."
RIP joe.
Joe Madison must think minorities are just really stupid morons.
I didn’t know there was such a thing as liberal talk radio.
If Joe is really committed to the cause he’d give up oxygen instead.
Hope he dies.
Another Demented Joe.
I bet he lasts maybe a week and claims victory that he brought attention to the issue.
May we get Stacy Abrams to commit as well?................
eating any -solid- food
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Pftt
So ,,,
it’s NOT a hunger strike.
Weasel.
"If I can't CHEAT, I won't EAT"
Good. All demonRATs should do this.
So you’re not going to finish that tofu?
Add in “won’t drink” and I’ll be impressed. Otherwise this is just a publicity stunt.
Ok.
Voluntary starvation is indicative of mental defect.
I don’t take public policy direction from the mentally defective.
Methinks the guy needs involuntary mental help, but Democrats have prohibited such aid.
There is on SiriusXM radio. There are three Liberal talk channels: Progressive, Urban View, and POTUS.
They also have a single Conservative channel, Patriot.
A hunger strike is no calories at all. You can live for a long time on steak smoothies and milkshakes.
I wish him well in his hunger strike! Keep it going until the bitter end!
Start posting Burger King coupons to his twit feed.
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