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Arizona college students threaten hunger strike if voting bill isn't passed by Jan. 17
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Posted on 01/11/2022 3:18:50 PM PST by matt04

Arizona college students threatened to go on a second hunger strike if Congress doesn’t pass the Democrat-led voting legislation by Jan. 17.

"We’re prepared to hold out indefinitely now that the holidays are over," Leila Winbury, a junior at Arizona State University, told Fox News Digital. "I have seen the consequences of a broken democracy my entire life, so we're willing to suffer the consequences of hunger striking rather than the consequences of the bill not passing."

She said the next hunger strike will be "a lot bigger" than the 15-day one organized in December.

"Nationwide hunger-striking, more than likely," she noted.

The Un-PAC students are advocating for the Freedom to Vote Act, which aims to take money out of politics, establish more lenient voting rules and make Election Day a federal holiday.

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"The health toll was hard, a lot of us had low blood pressure, but we did have a doctor on site," she told Fox News Digital. "He took our vitals twice a day."

"In Arizona I was able to go back to my dorm. In D.C., we stayed in sleeping bags out front of the Capitol, and then once it would get dark, we would go stay in a hotel," Winbury said.

She shared her message to D.C. lawmakers: "Do your jobs, listen to your constituents. We should not have to put our bodies on the line for you to listen to us."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: asu; biden; hungerstrike; waah
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To: Luke21

They’ll never get past their local candy shop....Starve? HAHAHHAHA!


101 posted on 01/11/2022 6:10:06 PM PST by caww ( )
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To: matt04

Fine with me.


102 posted on 01/11/2022 6:24:57 PM PST by wjr123 (Editorial correction)
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To: unixfox
Yeah, we'll show the racist white patriarchal power structure it can't cancel our vote! We declare a hunger strike!! (six hours later) Um... so... like.. are we calling Grubhub or what? I'm hungry''.
103 posted on 01/12/2022 12:17:34 AM PST by jmacusa (America.Founded by geniuses. Now governed by idiots. )
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To: matt04

Fat pudgy leftist useless eater students need some food discipline and can give some relief to the grocery supply chains.


104 posted on 01/12/2022 1:03:19 AM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: matt04

How stupid can you get? Starve yourselves. Nobody cares.


105 posted on 01/12/2022 9:23:38 AM PST by EastTexasTraveler
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