WTAF?! @POTUS just hosted a "democracy summit" and yet no one in his administration has reached out to these college students & others who are on a hunger strike in DC, literally starving, to persuade him to prioritize the #FreedomToVoteAct. What is going on?! cc: @LetsUnpac 1/
Where has the US media been?! If it weren't for @Guardian and @Independent, both UK publications, I would not have heard of these college students and their hunger strike for voting rights. The absence of mainstream American coverage is disgraceful. 2/ theguardian.com/us-news/2021/d…
😥"Words don't even describe," college student Georgia Linden told me when I asked how she and the other hunger strikers felt about the Biden administration's failure thus far to reach out to them to discuss prioritizing the #FreedomToVoteAct. 3/
We should not have had to "go this far to get a widely supported piece of legislation passed through... There is wide support for this [voting rights bill] in both parties... My husband is in the military, many of his friends support it, across all age groups." Maddie Crane 4/
5/ The #FreedomToVoteAct expands early voting, which is important because "not everyone can make it to their polling place on election day." It also "ends partisan gerrymandering" and "gets dark money out of politics." - Loki Mole, college student & hunger striker.
13/ #HungerStrike4Democracy @MadisonSiriusXM
https://twitter.com/sameenakluck/status/1470463729355661313
15/ You can learn more about and support the #HungerStrike4Democracy here. HungerStrike4Democracy.org
16/ Important aside: All of these hunger strikers are under medical supervision. No one should attempt a hunger strike without medical supervision.
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18/ Do not embark on a hunger strike without close medical supervision.
https://twitter.com/mommy_clem/status/1470798792865853443
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