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 doesnt start until we put our foot forward and try to make it happen.
Thunbergs 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 years 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. Its 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 Thunbergs 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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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.
And exactly why isn’t this portrayed as foreign interference in U.S. elections? Iowa? Really?!
How did she get there? In her solar powered sailboat?................
[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.
They go to these campuses because they’re guaranteed an audience. And how much is the little b**** being paid?
Someday she is gonna make someone one hell fo an ex-wife.
You Tube “Greta without a script” and you’ll get a chuckle out of her stammering and stuttering.
This bs always happens in fall, i.e. occupy etc. once the cold weather comes these morons will be inside.
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.
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!
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.
hundreds
More people attend HS football games
I thought she was in Canada , did thy boot her out ,LOL
Hasn’t quite made it to China or India yet, eh? Hmmm.....
She’s there to wish America into the cornfield.
A brain damaged European child is their newest “savior”.The enviroweenies obviously don’t have a very deep bench.
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.
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