{"id":1952551,"date":"2023-06-20T23:47:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T03:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/squad-member-urges-climate-activists-to-be-more-aggressive-as-groups-plan-summer-protests\/"},"modified":"2023-06-20T23:49:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T03:49:30","slug":"squad-member-urges-climate-activists-to-be-more-aggressive-as-groups-plan-summer-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/squad-member-urges-climate-activists-to-be-more-aggressive-as-groups-plan-summer-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate activist urges more aggressive action as summer protests are planned."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsquad-member-urges-climate-activists-to-be-more-aggressive-as-groups-plan-summer-protests%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1952551&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Leftist Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib Urges Climate Activists to Take More Aggressive Action<\/h2>\n<p>Leftist Congresswoman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rashida-tlaib-faces-backlash-from-top-democrats-over-outrageous-anti-semitic-test-critics-skeptical-of-democrats-outrage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rashida Tlaib<\/a> (D-MI) encouraged climate activists to become \u201cmore aggressive\u201d in fighting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-climate-agenda-wont-replace-jobs-it-seeks-to-kill-separate-ap-wapo-fact-checks-suggest\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Climate Agenda Won\u2019t Replace Jobs It Seeks To Kill, Separate AP, WaPo Fact-Checks Suggest\">fossil fuel industry<\/a> as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/squad-member-urges-climate-activists-to-be-more-aggressive-as-groups-plan-summer-protests\/\" title=\"Climate activist urges more aggressive action as summer protests are planned.\">activist groups plan protests<\/a> in multiple U.S. cities, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12210657\/Squad-member-Rashida-Tlaib-urges-eco-activists-aggressive-secret-pep-talk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to The Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cSquad\u201d member joined more than 100 people from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putins-useful-idiots-how-u-s-climate-extremists-are-funding-russias-agenda\/\" title=\"Putin\u2019s Useful Idiots: How U.S. Climate Extremists Are Funding Russia\u2019s Agenda\">radical environmental groups<\/a> such as Climate Defiance and Declare Emergency for a video call where she discussed the current state of climate activism and legislation. Tlaib praised the activists for their past acts of \u201ccivil disobedience\u201d but believes that more \u201cdirect action\u201d needs to be done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to be much more aggressive in regard to fossil fuel expansions,\u201d Tlaib said, adding, \u201cIf we don\u2019t get the policies we need, if our legislative process is failing us, then direct action gets the goods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the video call, Tlaib was joined by activist Tim Martin who faces jail time for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/iconic-sculpture-targeted-by-paint-wielding-climate-protesters-in-washington-d-c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">smearing paint<\/a> on Edgar Degas\u2019 \u201cLittle Dancer Aged Fourteen\u201d at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Martin is a part of Declare Emergency, a group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.declareemergency.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seeking<\/a> to convince President Joe Biden to declare a \u201cformal state of climate emergency.\u201d Declare Emergency was founded last year by Roger Hallam, who also co-founded a climate group that staged a week-long protest in London in 2019, costing the city millions of dollars, according to the Mail.<\/p>\n<p>Climate Defiance, another group Tlaib addressed on the call, brags about blockading the White House Correspondents Dinner, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedefiance.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claiming<\/a> that the stunt \u201cwas merely our warmup.\u201d During the call, the group\u2019s Seattle-based mobilizer Donald Zepeda announced plans to protest on federal properties in New York and D.C. in August.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe aim for whatever causes the most kerfuffle, everyone has to see it. Everyone is impacted,\u201d Zepeda said. \u201cDoing massively disruptive, nonviolent civil disobedience, it\u2019s a necessary and important part of getting us to where we need to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1687352286746000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2XxW0VTdKx-2nQAhkiTR8M\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Tlaib, a Palestinian-American, has made a name for herself in Congress and on the \u201cSquad\u201d by making radical, and sometimes <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/3654510-house-democrat-slams-tlaib-for-antisemitic-remarks-on-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-Semitic<\/a> comments. Last year, the Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/rashida-tlaib-wants-a-climate-bank-run-jpmorgan-chase-jamie-dimon-congress-11663853414\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suggested<\/a> that people who bank with JPMorgan Chase should \u201cclose their account\u201d because CEO Jamie Dimon said his bank does not have \u201ca policy against funding new oil and gas products.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democrat Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RashidaTlaib?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RashidaTlaib<\/a> to bank CEOs: Will you promise me right now not to fund anymore future oil and gas projects?<\/p>\n<p>JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon: &#8220;Absolutely not and that would be the road to Hell for America.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zmq610M8R4\">pic.twitter.com\/zmq610M8R4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Young Americans for Liberty (@YALiberty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YALiberty\/status\/1572709977831383040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) urged climate activists to intensify their fight against the fossil fuel industry. She joined over 100 individuals from environmental groups like Climate Defiance and Declare Emergency in a video call. As protests are planned across various U.S. cities, Tlaib, a member of the &#8220;Squad,&#8221; encouraged a more assertive approach. 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