For the second time in less than a month, climate change activists have stormed Nancy Pelosi’s offices.
Early this week, hundreds of protesters made their way to Capitol Hill demanding that Democrats take actions to address the issue of climate change.
The Hill reports,
The activists with the Sunrise Movement, a group that’s pushing House Democrats to create a special committee next year focused entirely on climate change initiatives, engaged in three sit-ins inside the offices of the likely next Speaker, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif), as well as incoming Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), who is in line to chair the House Rules Committee.
Most of the protesters, who ranged in age from their teens to their late 20s, were eventually pushed out by Capitol Police after threat of arrest.
Officers did arrest 138 protesters on charges of blocking hallways, Capitol Police said.
The protests are the second wave organized by cbd products Sunrise Movement to disrupt the Capitol since the midterm elections. Protesters in early November organized a sit-in inside Pelosi’s office in conjunction with Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y), who is leading the organization’s call for the creation of a climate change committee and for a “Green New Deal.” Fifty-one protesters were arrested at the time.
The group started into Pelosi’s office in the morning demanding to speak with her and demanding Democrats push their agenda for creating a special committee to advance climate change efforts starting next year.
Politico reported Nancy’s response,
“We are inspired by the energy and activism of the many young activists and advocates leading the way on the climate crisis, which threatens the health, economic security and futures of all our communities,” Pelosi said in a statement. “I have recommended to my House Democratic colleagues that we reinstate a select committee to address the climate crisis. House Democrats ran on and won on our bold campaign for a $1 trillion investment in our infrastructure that will make our communities more resilient to the climate crisis, while creating 16 million new good-paying jobs across the country.
Protesters at @NancyPelosi’s office demanding Democrats address climate change and a green new deal as part of taking the Majority next year – an effort @ocasio2018 pushing for. pic.twitter.com/M2ZajA9D2Q
— Alex Moe (@alexmoeflo) December 10, 2018
Nancy, when your own people start turning on you, it’s time to throw in the towel.
So it seems that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is already stirring up a commotion and she still hasn’t even taken her seat yet. God help us all.
I think the Democrats have a terrific line-up of Pelosi, Waters, 2 Muslims, Feinstein, Warren, Schumer and Cortez.
It should be a great make America Great Again program for the Republicans. Even Democrats are saying ‘ENOUGH IS ENOUGH –SO WALKAWAY” !!!!!
This is exactly what Ocasio-Cortez wants……recognition, her name in print, people talking about her (even when it isn’t good) and becoming known as that troublemaker! Young people will ride along with her because they do not have a clue as to what is going on; they just like to march and get arrested if necessary, just so they, too, will be “notorious”!! It’s a freaking joke!! Wake up people…….!
I find it amazing that any people take Ocasio-Cortez seriously. Never underestimate the ability of stupid people to follow other stupid people.
Well, the dems can do whatever they are going to do – I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for the senate to go along with it and move it up to be heard and passed into law. Funny, they can come up a trillion dollars for a bogus climate solution, but can’t come up with a few billion to keep illegals out and safeguard our citizens? We’d save far more from not supporting the illegals than the wall will cost. Add an entry tax like so many other countries have at our borders and watch the dollars roll in to reimburse the cost of the wall. Let’s take care of our own homeless and poor before we worry about how the citizens of other countries want our better life. I’ve heard about how they take the jobs no American will take and I say BS. You take the able bodied people on welfare and give them a choice, they work those jobs or no more welfare. Two problems solved at one time. Employment up, welfare down. The old and disabled are not part of this of course – like I said, able bodied.
I SAY LETS BUILD PRES. TRUMPS WALL AND SAVE BILLIONS NOT HAVING TO KEEP MORE AND MORE HOMELESS UP.
EVERYONE KNOWS THESE ILLEGALS WILL BE KEPT UP BY OUR TAX DOLLARS.
FOR GODS SAKE USE YOUR HEAD FOR THINKING INSTEAD OF A COAT RACK***