Joe Madison is on day 34 of his hunger strike for voting rights

[Polybius]

For those who don't know, he's a liberal radio host who went on the hunger strike on November 8th, and said he's not ending it until some form of a voting rights bill is passed. He is 72 years old. I'm really worried abut him, because I don't see him eating unless something passes and I don't think that's happening anytime son. How much longer can he realistically go?

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[jimfields33]

1. Longest anyone went was 74 days without food.

He’s at 34 days? Yieks!

[aeromanKC]

2. I'm disgusted that this is the first I'm hearing of this!

Fuck the media and fuck the GOP in Congress!!

[LoisB]

3. Agree

[H2Oart]

4. And

And most likely, the white trash of the GOP Congress will see he is a black man, and say he is a grandstander and never follow through. If he does continue, sadly unless someone intervenes, he will starve to death, because as long as this Senate is 50/50…. (IMO) we will not get this through. I hope I am totally wrong.

[tishaLA]

10. Ms Maddow has talked about it a couple times

including (IIRC) having him as a guest early in the hunger strike. But, yet, it needs way more attention in the dominant media

[snowybirdie]

5. He should stop

It makes no sense in sacrificing yourself because of the idiocy of the right wing. They don't care!

[Vinca]

6. Today was the first I've heard of it when he was interviewed on MSNBC. My first inclination is

to urge people to tell him to eat! I don't get hunger strikes at all. He's an intelligent man with media clout and he knows any legislation won't pass until there are enough people to vote for it. The people currently voting against the voting rights bill don't care if Joe Madison starves himself to death and it won't change their minds. All we can do is work to get people elected who want to preserve a fair voting system. He should be doing that, not his ineffective hunger strike.

[Polybius]

7. Day 36 now

Ugh...

[BeckyDem]

8. I feel so bad for this good guy!

[Polybius]

9. Day 40

This is crazy.

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[Polybius]

11. Day 45

[Caliman73]

12. The EAGLE walks the walk.

I used to listen to him all the time when I had SIRIUS. I try to catch him on YouTube when I can.

He is a true civil rights leader. He should get WAY more notoriety than he does.

Stay safe EAGLE

[Polybius]

13. He's doubling down and not giving up

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[Vinca]

14. I've said it before and I'll say it again: hunger strikes are stupid.

He's a man with a significant platform who can help boost the numbers in Congress that will get voting rights passed. But he can't do it if he's dead. Do you think people currently opposed to the voting rights bill give a damn whether Joe Madison starves himself to death or not? All he'll get for the effort is a skinny corpse in a coffin and no voting rights passed.

[brooklynite]

15. I'd say that nobody in Congress (Democrats included) know this is happening.

Pressure tactics don’t work if you don’t know you’re being pressured.

[spanone]

16. Thank you Mr. Madison...

[Polybius]

17. Holy shit, day 50

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[Polybius]

18. Day 60 now

Please end it now Joe.

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[Polybius]

19. Apparently the world record without food is 74 days

However, Madison stresses 60 days without "solid food" so he's likely having milk shakes and liquids protein shakes, so I don't think that qualifies for Guinness.