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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The 41 year old is projecting her aborted baby regrets onto Greta. IMO.
Who is paying for her travel and expenses?
Follow the money (Soros?)
Don’t, she’s well aware of what she’s doing and she is very much enjoying the attention she’s receiving. She’s not a victim, she’s a shill enjoying her 15 minutes of fame.
She put wheels on it and used wind power to sail there obviously infringing on patents from the 1800s.
Exactly...She and both her parents are actors in Sweden...If there’s no script to follow, she’s lost...
It disgusts me the way this helpless child is being exploited.
Just like Sheehan, she’ll be used until she’s of no value, then dumped on the democRat ash heap to be ignored for eternity.
She’s a mindless dupe for now. That’s all...
Who is prostituting err bankrolling teens , underaged kids etc to promote this BS agenda now that Epstine is room temperature ?
I am sure she is enjoying it. What person does not like to be revered as having opinions that are "so unique" that the whole world want to listen to them. But , of course, her opinions mean nothing. She is a prop who is being used. she is not old enough to understand these things, so I do regard her as a victim.
Iowans know hogwash when they see it.
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“You Tube “Greta without a script” and you’ll get a chuckle out of her stammering and stuttering.”
Like O’Bunghole without a teleprompter
Check out her singing Swedish Death Metal, her facial expressions are perfect for it:
LOL! Sounds like The Exorcist!.....................
Cant we get Antifa to protest her?
“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.”
She is the face of a useful idiot.
Climate change is Mother Nature’s job.
Yep, she’s a young female useful idiot.
Big whoop...
Damn. What’s her walking pace anyway? I mean we all know she won’t use anything having to do with fossil fuels right? Hypocritically speaking that is.
I really, really want to hear someone ask her on TV “What do you propose we do to stop the climate from changing?”
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