'For many months, we've been knocking on doors, we've been making phone calls, we've been meeting with senators, and it hasn't been enough.'
"I've never seen anything like the unrelenting assault on the right to vote," President Joe Biden said during his commencement address to South Carolina State University graduates.A hunger strike that started in Phoenix has made its way to the nation's capital. Students from different parts of the U.S. have gathered outside the White House participating in a hunger strike which they say is to help get the Freedom to Vote Act passed.
The hunger strike began in Phoenix on Dec. 6. On the fourth day of the strike, protesters met with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz to discuss the legislation.On December 13th, Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessing speaking with protesters. Lessing joined their hunger strike. As the group is about to enter the third week of their hunger strike, they say that many are feeling the impact of not eating.
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