There was physical confrontation when climate change protesters stormed the stage at a gala honoring Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
Murkowski was speaking at the Bryce Harlow Foundation awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.
Suddenly, a dozen climate change activists burst onto the stage. Protesters against climate change were repulsed by people on stage. Video shows protesters falling off the stage. Murkowski is seen slowly walking away as a physical confrontation ensues.
The protesters are part of a group called Climate Defiance, which warns of the climate crisis.
Declaring the challenge to climate change Social media“We just closed a gala honoring U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Murkowski is a murderer. She burns us down to enrich her cronies. Chevron’s top lobbyist We intervened and stopped the ceremony. Respect us or expect from us.”
group Added“Murkavsky claims to be a moderate, but in reality she is an environmentally destructive arsonist. She fought tooth and nail to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration. Is there nothing like that?”
Murkowski ended his speech after protesters were removed from the event.
A video of climate crisis activists storming the stage has been viewed more than 4 million times.
DC-based climate change organization I declare: “We do not petition. We take direct action. If those in power will not save us, we will save ourselves. We have no choice.”
The group believes that “traditional tactics are not enough.”
Climate Defiance involves ending fossil fuel extraction on federal lands, deploying “disruptive direct action to force politicians,” and standing in solidarity with “sisterly struggles for racial and economic justice.” I have a mission to do so.
Anti-climate demonstrators disrupted an event involving Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.
The Biden administration has rewarded rival groups with: invite They visited the White House in December to meet with President Joe Biden’s senior clean energy czar, John Podesta.
Climate Defiance said of the meeting, “Thank you for your time today. We appreciate you listening to our deepest concerns. In response to the voices of millions of Americans. , we will write to you at 11 p.m.’ The greatest threat humanity has ever faced is the collapse of our planet and society due to the continued burning of fossil fuels. ”
Climate change protester falls off stage during scuffle at Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s event in Washingtonyoutube.com
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