Nearly two dozen left-wing activists were arrested Monday for breaking into President Biden’s Delaware campaign headquarters to protest his policies on climate change and the Israel-Hamas war.
“Young people will not support a president who reverses climate change and finances genocide,” said Sunrise Movement, a group organizing the demonstration. Warned by X Post.
According to the Wilmington Police Department, 21 “adults” who were arrested among the approximately 100 protesters who gathered in front of the Biden campaign office will be charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct.
Those arrested went to the eighth floor of the Brandywine Building in downtown Wilmington, where the 81-year-old president’s reelection campaign headquarters are located, and refused police orders to leave.
Protesters continued waving placards reading “Fund the environment, not genocide” even after those “sit-in” at the Biden campaign’s operations center were arrested.
“Young people are sitting in the seats because Biden needs to lead the way and get his policies done. Otherwise he’s going to lose.” read tweet From the Sunrise Movement.
The group also accused the president of “breaking his campaign promise not to drill on public lands” by approving ConocoPhillips’ $8 billion Willow project.
The energy giant says its massive Alaska oil and gas drilling project will produce up to 180,000 barrels of oil a day, create as many as 1,800 jobs during construction and 300 long-term jobs, and simultaneously provide support for Alaska and the state. claims it has the potential to generate billions of dollars in royalties and tax revenue. federal government.
“Biden cannot build renewable energy on Monday, fossil fuels on Tuesday, and then claim to be the climate president,” the Sunrise Movement argued. “That’s not how science works, and young voters know that.”
Biden campaign spokeswoman Lauren Hitt defended the president’s climate response, saying Biden had “secured the largest climate investment in history, which will help the United States cut climate pollution in half by 2030.” We got it back on track,” he said.
“While President Biden is working hard to get the job done, President Donald Trump has promised to undo all the progress we’ve made,” Hitt told the Post. . “As president, Trump called climate change a ‘hoax’ and cut critical environmental protections.”
Regarding the Israel-Hamas war, Hitt pointed to Biden’s remarks at a February 8 press conference in which he called Israel’s response in Gaza “overreach.”
A USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll last month showed Biden overwhelmingly supported by young voters, traditionally a strong Democratic voting base.
According to the poll, voters under 35 support former President Donald Trump over Biden (37% to 33%).
In the 2020 election, Biden won by 24 points over Trump.
