{"id":1984109,"date":"2023-07-27T13:02:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T17:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-rofl-after-democrat-lauded-for-fasting-for-9-hours\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T13:04:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T17:04:36","slug":"conservatives-rofl-after-democrat-lauded-for-fasting-for-9-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-rofl-after-democrat-lauded-for-fasting-for-9-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservatives LOL as Democrat praised for 9-hour fast."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fconservatives-rofl-after-democrat-lauded-for-fasting-for-9-hours%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1984109&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Democrat Congressman Goes on Food and Water Fast to Demand Heat Safety Protections for Workers<\/h2>\n<p>In an attempt to dramatize his demands of the federal government, a Texas\u2064 Democrat performed what was limned as a\u2062 tremendous feat of human endurance by other Democrats that was roundly mocked by conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>Rep.\u2062 Greg Casar\u2062 went on a food and water fast for nine hours\u200b in order\u200d to demand the federal government implement a heat standard for workers. His spokesperson said nurses would take his vitals throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c9 hours without water or food,\u200c but I\u2019m more energized than\u2064 ever to get this done,\u201d Casar boasted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo grateful for leaders like [Casar] \u200bwho believe in fighting with all they\u2019ve got for the rights of the people they represent,\u201d former Texas Democrat\u2062 gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yesterday was incredible. I was honored to be joined at my thirst\u2064 strike by \u2062workers in Texas and\u200b across the nation\u2014and by lots of colleagues pushing for federal heat safety\u200c protections.<\/p>\n<p>9 hours without water or food, but I\u2019m more energized than ever to get this done. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/92XIU0pYEA\">pic.twitter.com\/92XIU0pYEA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Casar (@GregCasar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregCasar\/status\/1684294469279944704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So grateful for leaders \u200clike <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregCasar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GregCasar<\/a> who\u200d believe\u2063 in fighting with all they&#8217;ve got for the rights of the people they represent. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/phSEEf3l0f\">https:\/\/t.co\/phSEEf3l0f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wendy \u2062Davis\u2063 (@wendydavis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wendydavis\/status\/1684314355951718400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While \u200dCasar\u2019s Democratic colleagues praised him for the brief fast,\u2063 many on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-latest-anti-trump-operation-doj-and-media-deploy-same-old-russiagate-tricks\/\" title=\"\u200bIn Latest Anti-Trump Operation, DOJ And Media Deploy Same Old Russiagate Tricks\">social media mocked<\/a> the self-described \u201cprogressive Democrat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did that last night \u200bfrom 10:45 till 7 this morning,\u201d one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crayola-crayons-joins-the-culture-war\/\" title=\"Crayola Crayons Joins the Culture War\">social media user noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hear tomorrow you\u2019re going to go nearly 17 hours without sleep. Good luck!\u201d another commented.<\/p>\n<p>Daily Wire\u200b host Matt Walsh also weighed in, \u200bcalling the stunt \u201clegitimately one \u2063of\u200c the funniest things any \u200bAmerican politician has ever done.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The human body is truly amazing\u200c when pushed to the limits <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3lQolfQeL3\">https:\/\/t.co\/3lQolfQeL3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarstoolBigCat\/status\/1684221378478612480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hold on\u2026did you \u200csay 9 hours? \ud83d\ude33You\u2019ve never fasted in your church? Even teenagers do dry fast for \u200dat least 12\u2064 hours and the whole time joyful, praying, praising God and doing \u2063good.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Obianuju Ekeocha (@obianuju) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/obianuju\/status\/1684471492153679875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a real picture that he posted of himself being attended \u200cto by three people as he attempted to go nine hours without eating, or roughly the time \u200bfrom an early lunch to a late dinner <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HZ2Dauo1xI\">pic.twitter.com\/HZ2Dauo1xI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1684391650942910465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Coincidentally, Wednesday night happened to\u2063 be the beginning\u2064 of the 25-hour fast\u2062 without food\u200d and water\u2064 conducted by religious Jews worldwide to\u200d commemorate Tisha B\u2019Av, the annual day \u2063of mourning that\u200b marks the date of the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem as well as other tragedies that have befallen the Jewish \u200bpeople. \u2062Jews also conduct the same 25-hour fast \u2064on Yom Kippur.<\/p>\n<p>Some prominent voices, including Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro, highlighted that fact in response to Casar\u2019s brief fast.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Whoa, dude, heroic stuff. Unprecedented.*<\/p>\n<p>*All observant Jews are abstaining from both food and water for 25 hours today on Tisha B&#8217;Av <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IN620K6jTJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/IN620K6jTJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben\u200c Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1684517683197251586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tweeting this on the eve of Tisha b&#8217;Av\u200b is hilarious. We Jews have \u200calready begun a fast\u2013including water\u2013that doesn&#8217;t end until 9pm *tomorrow \u2063night*. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RnemIJPnJE\">https:\/\/t.co\/RnemIJPnJE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SethAMandel\/status\/1684359761712521221?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In\u2062 a <a href=\"https:\/\/casar.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/casar.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/congressional-letter-to-biden-administration-on-extreme-heat.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> to the Department of Labor, Casar claimed, \u201cAs you are aware, Texas Governor \u2062Greg Abbott recently signed\u200b House Bill 2127 into law. This bill \u2063repeals local\u2063 laws that protect the interests of\u200d everyday people in sectors such as labor, agriculture, natural resources, and finance. When\u2063 this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-governor-signs-measure-to-require-porn-blocking-filters-on-devices\/\" title=\"Utah Governor Signs Measure To Require Porn-Blocking Filters On Devices\">bill takes effect<\/a> on September 1, 2023, local protections against extreme heat, such as the Austin and Dallas ordinances that require water breaks for construction workers, will be nullified.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The law\u200b bars cities Texas \u2062from creating \u200crules that supersede state law. A spokesperson \u200cfor Abbott\u2019s office told The Daily Wire that the law does not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-rofl-after-democrat-lauded-for-fasting-for-9-hours\/\" title=\"Conservatives LOL as Democrat praised for 9-hour fast.\">prevent workers form\u200d taking water breaks<\/a>. \u200b\u201cEnsuring the safety of Texans is a \u2062top priority\u2062 as our state experiences high\u200c summer heat. This law \u200dmaintains the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration\u2019s (OSHA) standards to keep workers \u200dsafe and will not inhibit people from taking water breaks,\u201d Abbott spokesman \u2064Andrew Mahaleris said\u200d in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a bid to emphasize his demands from the federal government, a Texas Democrat staged a highly publicized act of endurance. Fellow Democrats hailed Rep. Greg Casar&#8217;s nine-hour food and water fast as remarkable, while conservatives derided it. 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