Send in the Climate Clowns

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When you pander to the wacko radical leftist crowd, you may count on wacko radical leftist antics to point out up at the doorstep. This is what occurred on Oct. 11 when progressive activists amassed in Washington, D.C., to make a scene in the identify of stopping local weather change from finally engulfing the earth in a big inferno.

Climate Change Activists Swarm the Capital

Leftist protesters crowded the streets in D.C. to protest the use of fossil fuels, amongst different points. Fox News reported:

“The Build Back Fossil Free coalition took to the D.C. streets Monday with their five-day-long protest’s aim to spur action by the Biden administration against climate change, mainly by declaring a national emergency and ending projects involving fossil fuels.”

The activists marched round the capital and even vandalized a statue of Andrew Jackson. Siqiñiq Maupin, who heads the Sovereign Inupiat for a Living Arctic, considered one of the nations of the coalition, advised Fox that they’re demonstrating as a result of they imagine President Joe Biden shouldn’t be following via on his marketing campaign guarantees relating to local weather change.

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“People are dying right now from the pollutants, the toxins, the climate catastrophes that are happening — and we have to stop the harm,” Maupin mentioned in an emailed assertion. “Biden’s election was riding on climate change; his entire election hinged on turning out people of color and Indigenous people.”

“But when it really comes to what matters, our lives are still being sacrificed for oil and gas,” he continued. “That’s why we’re here today.”

Protesters had been heard chanting calls for that Biden “respect” them or “expect” them. Not a foul rhyme scheme, is it? One of the activists wrote “expect us” in graffiti on Jackson’s statue situated proper exterior the White House.

The group plans to exhibit in entrance of the White House for per week, following a special theme every day. Monday was targeted on Indigenous People’s Day in lieu of Columbus Day. A distinguished Washington newspaper reported that Casey Camp-Horinek, who was with members of Native American tribes who traveled to the capital, defined that they’re gung-ho about pushing the president to maintain his guarantees associated to the setting.

“We are going to put our bodies on the line there. If we have to be arrested in order to call attention to what the crisis is and that we need a climate emergency declared, we’ll do that,” she mentioned. “There’s been 500 years of people coming into a territory where all things were interdependent and functioning to a time of crisis, where even Biden’s great-grandchildren won’t survive if something doesn’t change.”

The Build Back Fossil coalition is an alliance of varied activist organizations pushing for the abandonment of fossil fuels and different measures designed to handle local weather change. On its web site, it says:

“Our country is in crisis. In the midst of a pandemic and climate catastrophe, our communities turned out in record numbers to elect you. Now it’s time to fulfill your promises to end the era of fossil fuel production, protect communities reeling from the climate and COVID-19 crises, and #BuildBackFossilFree.”

The coalition featured an open letter to Biden on its residence web page, urging him to “use all the tools at [his] disposal to avert further climate devastation while helping people recover from the pandemic.” Among different issues, the group requested Biden to “stop approving the fossil fuel projects fueling climate chaos,” to “declare a climate emergency,” and to “repair the harm caused by environmental racism.”

Will Biden Listen?

During the 2020 marketing campaign, Biden gave greater than only a wink and a nod to the local weather crowd. He additionally made some slightly doubtful claims about fossil fuels’ impression on the setting. However, the of us with the coalition could also be disillusioned. Like most politicians, the president gave them lip service to win their help.

It is also price noting that, even when Biden is severe about pushing Marxism below the guise of defending the setting, the kind of sweeping laws these activists need can be inconceivable to get via Congress. Right now, Democrats are struggling even to move the $3.5 trillion Build Back Better agenda. At this juncture, it seems that the laborious left’s fears about dying in a big fireball inside 12 years may occur earlier than the authorities manages to avert the disaster.

~ Read extra from Jeff Charles.