Democrats warn green groups’ combative protests undercut the climate change movement
Congressional Democrats fear more confrontational acts like disrupting charity events, shutting down major roadways and committing acts of vandalism are undercutting an issue President Biden has prioritized.“People feel like they’re raising media awareness by doing that. Maybe that’s true,” Rep. Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, chair emeritus of the Progressive Caucus, told The Washington Times.
The annual game pits a team of female lawmakers against female reporters and is attended by members of Congress, staffers and reporters. Lawmakers responded to the protesters by drowning them out with an impromptu dance party featuring loud music. Activists also protested last year’s Congressional Baseball Game, an annual fundraiser for Washington-area charities, between Republican and Democratic male lawmakers. But demonstrators neither stormed the field nor caused a delay.
“It’ll take all kinds of tactics to make change at the speed and scale we need,” said Ben Goloff, a senior climate campaigner with the Center for Biological Diversity who is gearing up for a large protest through the streets of New York in September. “The suffering on the frontlines of fossil fuel pollution and from climate harm around the world is bringing people together to demand change.”
She said her red line is visiting officials’ homes, something climate activists have largely refrained from doing, save for Mr. Schumer in New York. But Ms. Jayapal argued that causing an inconvenience is sometimes the best strategy for any movement’s message.
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