(VINnews) — Ben Shapiro and other orthodox Jews, as well as non-Jews, poked fun at a Democrat Congressman who staged a “thirst strike”, which happened to coincide with the week of Tisha B’Av.
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Rep. Greg Casar, D-Austin, launched the strike in front of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., pushing for a federal workplace standard that would mandate water breaks for people whose jobs require them to work in the heat.
Ironically, the strike took place right before Tisha B’av, when Jews around the world were fasting for 25 hours. Casar’s strike lasted about 8-9 hours.
Ben Shapiro tweeted sarcastically: “Whoa, dude, heroic stuff. Unprecedented. All observant Jews are abstaining from both food and water for 25 hours today on Tisha B’Av.”
He added, “*Congressman holds breath for 18 seconds**”Guys, I just solved climate change!”
Whoa, dude, heroic stuff. Unprecedented.*
*All observant Jews are abstaining from both food and water for 25 hours today on Tisha B’Av https://t.co/IN620K6jTJ
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) July 27, 2023
Reporter Kassy Dillon, who recently converted to Judaism, tweeted: “Oh how I wish I was only fasting for 9 hours today…”
Oh how I wish I was only fasting for 9 hours today… https://t.co/mlStOqIkA6
— Kassy Dillon (@KassyDillon) July 27, 2023
She also tweeted, “Doesn’t everyone do this every single night while sleeping?”
Doesn’t everyone do this every single night when sleeping? 👀 https://t.co/kJMhToMeil
— Kassy Dillon (@KassyDillon) July 27, 2023
“It’s challenging and it’s hot, but it’s not as hot as it is in Texas,” Casar said as he kicked off the event.
Many protesters held up posters that read: “Working shouldn’t be a death sentence,” “Water breaks = basic rights” and “People over profit.”
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Guy stopped after 8 hrs when he was told Tisha B’av was the next day so he was fasting on the wrong day. The brave brave hero even had an oxygen monitor on and people to wipe of his sweat and cool him down with wet clothes, what a brave brave hero.
Plenty of people literally do this everyday, if they eat breakfast and skip lunch and don’t drink during the day.
Water break ?? What happened to water bottles?
Not sure who is more pathetic:
Rep. Greg Casar or the fools clapping for him.
I don’t know about you guys, but I didn’t spend eight hours of Tisha B’Av working outside in the heat.
Let’s see all these mockery doing 8 hours under the sun, on a hot day.
He wanted to bring awareness to workers in extreme heat, they should get mandatory heat breaks.
Mock as much as you want, but state the facts.
Prolonged high heat exposure can be very unhealthy for workers, especially middle age people.
I understand that mandatory breaks reduce efficiency, I get both sides of the argument. But I fail to see what there is mock on such a serious topic.
I’m sure that if Ben Shapiro wouldn’t of sitting in his AC office all day, but stood in 90+ degree weather all day, he would understood that this is no laughing matter.
On every heavy construction site that I’ve worked on there was always water available
And frequently we’d stop for water.
No company wants to see their employees get sick In nyc if on a roof and temps reach 100 on city jobs site safety shuts it down
Maybe Benny should be mocking all the republicans defending Trump for his attempted and failed Putsch on Jan 6.
Shapiro’s tweet was childish and not worthy of a serious person. I don’t understand how people are so in awe of him.
Why are we making fun here?
So silly of Ben Shapiro to bring his religion into this.
D. B. Cooper ….. I don’t understand how people are so in awe of him.
Because he talks common sense. By the way are you a Biden supporter?
I’ve worked the construction industry most of my life. Water is never withheld and is often provided by the company. No boss ever tells an employee that getting water isn’t tolerated.
This isn’t about water or safety. It’s about mandating breaks and, more importantly, it’s about control. The left will not be happy until the government runs all commerce.
This has been tried and it worked out great every time. Just look at the thriving economies of the USSR, GDR, North Korea, Cuba and much of South America. (China isn’t an example because they have moved towards a capitalist economy despite maintaining all the other “benefits” of socialism.)
Samuel Tayler Colleridge wrote ”The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ “Water, Water, everywhere but not a drop to drink.” I guess he was an early Democrat?