Posted on 04/03/2019 9:45:59 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
Protesters briefly interrupted remarks by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell while he attended a campus event on Monday in his Kentucky hometown.
Nearly a dozen protesters, affiliated with a group urging action against climate change, stood up during the event at McConnell's alma mater, the University of Louisville.
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One protester, identifying herself as a McConnell constituent, shouted at the Republican leader: "If you expect our leadership, why don't you stand with us?" The demonstration began as McConnell praised students on campus.
She condemned McConnell's ties to the fossil fuel industry. Kentucky is one of the country's leading coal producers, and McConnell has been a staunch advocate for the struggling coal industry.
McConnell didn't respond directly to the protesters, who serenaded him with "Which side are you on?" - an old coal miner's union protest song. They sang as they walked peacefully out of the ballroom while being watched by security personnel.
When his remarks resumed, McConnell said, "We hadn't planned on having entertainment. Welcome to America these days." The event continued with Kaine's speech.
Campus officials said no charges were being filed against the protesters.
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The protest on Monday was arranged by the "Louisville Hub" of the Sunrise Movement, a national initiative of people wanting action to halt climate change, the Courier Journal reported.
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The group also supports the Green New Deal, which calls for virtual elimination by 2030 of greenhouse gas emissions seen as responsible for global warming. It would shift the U.S. economy away from fossil fuels and replace them with renewable resources such as wind and solar power.
(Excerpt) Read more at kentucky.com ...
Less than 12 dumb schiffs whining about climate crap and the newspaper gives them a megaphone.
Man Made Climate Change will be the next hoax issue the Left will hit Republican candidates with a stick over. This Doctrine of the Carbon Church has so many people fooled, the use of Carbon Sin will smear people with great effect. Little do they know that the Carbon Church aims to destroy American Capitalism and put America on the downward spiral. Those behind the Carbon Church think it will put them in some kind of advantage. It is this zero-sum-game fallacy that thinks where one person’s loss would be another’s gain. The maniacs that are running this game will create widespread human misery.
In Kentucky, if the leftists hold a protest, does anyone give a damn?
Do the protesters realize that McConnell is on their side?
Yeah. And where are the people on our side yelling “ close the damn border you turtle jerk”!
And all of those numskulls arrived there by gasoline driven cars
Their leadership encourages such action while ours condemns it. The only thing that comes close is when DJT holds a rally. We come out in droves for him and condemn the Washington scum.
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