So it looks like supporters of Loretta Lynch, President Obama’s pick for attorney general, are going all-in until she is confirmed by the Senate — a hunger strike!
Scoop: Loretta Lynch's supporters are launching a hunger strike until she is confirmed as attorney general http://t.co/CKPrEcWePw
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) April 15, 2015
But this so-called “hunger strike” isn’t really a hunger strike. It’s more like a diet where “groups of fasters will alternate days abstaining from food until Lynch is confirmed”:
https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/588326208775049217
@NoahCRothman Alternating fasting days? That's not a protest, it's a diet.
— Whatever (@DRussell76) April 15, 2015
@seungminkim cute clickbaity headline, but "alternating groups" skipping a meal is not a hunger strike. @BresPolitico
— Jimmy (@JimmyPrinceton) April 15, 2015
@NoahCRothman I'm too disgusted by this: "…tactic is designed in the mold of civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr…."
— William Belcher (@EdB_Ohio) April 15, 2015
Did MLK Jr. diet like this, too?
@NoahCRothman If they got more people involved, they could just alternate hours abstaining from food.
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) April 15, 2015
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@DRussell76 @NoahCRothman that's the participation trophy of hunger strikes
— Mojo (@Psudrozz) April 15, 2015
Well, the original plan was for a rotation of 24 people to fast for an hour, so I guess this is …something. #Impressive @NoahCRothman
— justturnright (@justturnright) April 15, 2015
And imagine the weight loss if these hunger strikers would join forces with Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign!
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Hey, Lindsey Graham, how can you be ‘inclined to support’ Loretta Lynch after THIS?