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Teenage activist Greta Thunberg brings call for climate action to Iowa
www.reuters.com ^ | October 4, 2019 / 5:09 AM / Updated 30 minutes ago | Alan Devall

Posted on 10/04/2019 1:25:32 PM PDT by Red Badger

IOWA CITY, Iowa (Reuters) - Hundreds of people gathered in Iowa City on Friday to watch teenage activist Greta Thunberg speak at a rally to demand that political leaders and institutions take urgent action to combat climate change.

Demonstrators, including many young activists, held signs that read “If you breathe the air you should care” and “Science not silence” as they waited for the young Swede to take the stage on the campus of the University of Iowa.

“I am more than excited,” said Iowa City resident Philinise Hamlin, 41. “Change doesn’t start until we put our foot forward and try to make it happen.”

Thunberg’s campaign demanding that world leaders tackle climate change began as a lonely vigil outside the Swedish parliament, but saw her rise to address the United Nations on the issue last month, and took her to Iowa City on Friday.

The 16-year-old stopped in the Midwestern city, located in the state that will hold the first of next year’s U.S. presidential nominating contests, as part of her tour of North America ahead of a U.N.-sponsored climate conference in Santiago, Chile, in December.

“She is the face of climate change,” said Lena Kosinski, a 21-year-old student at the University of Iowa. “It’s nice to have not only a young person, but a female leading the change.”

In recent weeks, millions of people have poured onto streets around the globe in protests inspired by Thunberg to demand governments take urgent action on climate change.

Students in Iowa City said Thunberg’s visit was a testament to their efforts to demand change from local leaders.

“We are honored. We are inspired. We are emboldened. And we say, no more excuses,” Student Climate Strike Iowa City, which organized the visit, said on Twitter ahead of the event.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
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1 posted on 10/04/2019 1:25:32 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Why is this abused, manipulated mentally ill brat still in our country causing trouble?

Did her visa stipulate that she could engage in political agitation?

Not one of us could go to her country and do the same.

Been there seen that. Sweden is not the touchy feeley place people think it is.


2 posted on 10/04/2019 1:29:17 PM PDT by Regulator
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To: Red Badger

And exactly why isn’t this portrayed as foreign interference in U.S. elections? Iowa? Really?!


3 posted on 10/04/2019 1:30:44 PM PDT by the_Watchman
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To: Regulator

How did she get there? In her solar powered sailboat?................


4 posted on 10/04/2019 1:30:47 PM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
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To: Regulator

[Why is this abused, manipulated mentally ill brat still in our country causing trouble?]

Because she’s loved by the United Nations and Democrats?

And they definitely like people who cause trouble in America.


5 posted on 10/04/2019 1:30:57 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Red Badger

They go to these campuses because they’re guaranteed an audience. And how much is the little b**** being paid?


6 posted on 10/04/2019 1:32:06 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Red Badger

Someday she is gonna make someone one hell fo an ex-wife.


7 posted on 10/04/2019 1:32:17 PM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: Red Badger

You Tube “Greta without a script” and you’ll get a chuckle out of her stammering and stuttering.


8 posted on 10/04/2019 1:33:33 PM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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To: Sacajaweau

This bs always happens in fall, i.e. occupy etc. once the cold weather comes these morons will be inside.


9 posted on 10/04/2019 1:34:08 PM PDT by bicyclerepair (MAGA - DRAIN THE SWAMP ! - I love my online family of FReepers.)
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To: Red Badger
“I am more than excited,” said Iowa City resident Philinise Hamlin, 41. “Change doesn’t start until we put our foot forward and try to make it happen.”

We? How about YOU, resident Philinise Hamlin, 41?

Stop all use of all electricity, gasoline and oil. Now. Not half. Not 10%. All of it.

When you and your mates revert to Cro Magnon days and nothing happens to the weather, we might let you start again.

10 posted on 10/04/2019 1:34:50 PM PDT by relictele
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The Midwest states - when did they decide they are not part of the U. S.? OH, IN, IL, IA

Used to have hard working folks in those states whose intelligence wasn’t questioned - who knew what logic and common sense were. What happened? Stand in a crowd to listen to that midget? Are they kidding?

We are going to have all these know-nothings voting in 2020 in spite of not being old enough. Count on it!


11 posted on 10/04/2019 1:35:00 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Red Badger

I think that the environmental foundation that paid for the sail boat hired a crew to sail it back to Sweden, or sent it back on a freighter.


12 posted on 10/04/2019 1:35:37 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: Red Badger

“ hundreds”

More people attend HS football games


13 posted on 10/04/2019 1:35:47 PM PDT by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change)
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To: wastoute; Red Badger

14 posted on 10/04/2019 1:36:55 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Red Badger

I thought she was in Canada , did thy boot her out ,LOL


15 posted on 10/04/2019 1:37:25 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Red Badger; All
Toss her over the side of a Manure Digester. Let her become part of the 'solution' she SO wants to be! :)


16 posted on 10/04/2019 1:37:44 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.~Alfred Austin)
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To: Red Badger

Hasn’t quite made it to China or India yet, eh? Hmmm.....


17 posted on 10/04/2019 1:38:12 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Red Badger

She’s there to wish America into the cornfield.


18 posted on 10/04/2019 1:38:32 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Red Badger

A brain damaged European child is their newest “savior”.The enviroweenies obviously don’t have a very deep bench.


19 posted on 10/04/2019 1:38:53 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (A joke: Brennan,Comey and Lynch walk into a Barr...)
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To: GreyFriar

And the same group probably helped her sail it here. There is no way in the world she traveled across an ocean by herself. None.

She’s the manipulated face of this movement but rest assured, others are pulling the strings.


20 posted on 10/04/2019 1:39:04 PM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32
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