… in the recent tradition of politicians like Wendy Davis staging a filibuster for reproductive rights or Cori Bush sleeping on the US Capitol steps to prevent evictions. During the pandemic, We held a thirst strike where I stood on those Capitol steps in the sun for about nine hours. from morning until I had to go inside and vote. But we also used that opportunity to raise the voices of workers so the president could hear them and finally enact workplace protections, dignity and decency on the job. (03:55–04:01)
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Asserts that Greg Casar held a nine-hour thirst strike on the Capitol steps.
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