{"id":1979641,"date":"2023-07-21T15:23:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T19:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oil-protesters-attempt-to-disrupt-british-open-thwarted-by-american-player-and-gas-powered-devices\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T15:25:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T19:25:55","slug":"oil-protesters-attempt-to-disrupt-british-open-thwarted-by-american-player-and-gas-powered-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oil-protesters-attempt-to-disrupt-british-open-thwarted-by-american-player-and-gas-powered-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"American player and gas-powered devices foil oil protesters&#8217; bid to disrupt British Open."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Foil-protesters-attempt-to-disrupt-british-open-thwarted-by-american-player-and-gas-powered-devices%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=1979641&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>Irony, thy name \u200cis\u2026 a gas-powered \u200bleaf blower.<\/h2>\n<p>Environmental activists from the group Just Stop Oil once again tried to hijack a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-kamala-harris-ends-french-diplomatic-foray-with-a-little-shopping\/\" title=\"Watch: Kamala Harris Ends French Diplomatic Foray with a Little Shopping\">marquee event<\/a> and make\u2064 it about themselves and, as is often the case,\u2064 it backfired.<\/p>\n<p>Or, more accurately, it was blown away, leaving nary a trace that the activists had ever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-multiple-california-schools-plan-to-shell-out-teacher-bonuses-using-covid-relief-funds\/\" title=\"Report: Multiple California Schools Plan To Shell Out Teacher Bonuses Using COVID Relief Funds\">stepped foot<\/a> on the Royal Liverpool golf course, where the\u2063 British Open is currently underway.<\/p>\n<p>This inane incident occurred on Friday when \u2063anti-oil protesters lit an orange flare near the 17th hole of\u2062 the prestigious course, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/uk\/just-stop-oil-protesters-set-off-orange-flare-british-open-2023-07-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>R&#038;A, the organizer of the tournament, said in a statement that four individuals were arrested.<\/p>\n<p>The statement added, \u201cPlay was not disrupted and we would like to thank marshals, players and other spectators for their vigilance and \u200cunderstanding \u2062as the protesters were removed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of those players, American \u200bBilly Horschel, \u2064grabbed a\u200c protester and led her toward police to cheers from the crowd, \u200dReuters \u2062reported.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/woke-eating-climate-activists-protest-pride-parade-listing-demands-lgbt-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Stop Oil<\/a>, which clearly believes that any publicity is good publicity, tweeted about the events, offering the ham-fisted analogy that \u201cthere will \u200dbe no more holes in one when our society collapses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must stop our government\u2019s 100 new oil and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-die-due-to-traffic-from-bridge-protest-by-climate-crazies-that-blocked-ambulance\/\" title=\"Two Die Due to Traffic From Bridge Protest by Climate Crazies That Blocked Ambulance\">gas licenses<\/a> before they go on to cause more harm,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n<p>Accompanying the tweet was a short video that showed the impact of \u2063this particular protest \u2014\u200b a small splotch of orange on\u200d the ground.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">There will be\u2064 no more holes in one when our\u2063 society collapses. We must stop our \u2062government\u2019s 100 new oil and gas licenses before they \u200dgo on\u2062 to cause more harm. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HaNZKBsfLF\">https:\/\/t.co\/HaNZKBsfLF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZLDAgOqj5X\">pic.twitter.com\/ZLDAgOqj5X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200cJust Stop\u200d Oil (@JustStop_Oil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustStop_Oil\/status\/1682358389181956096?\">July 21, \u200c2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It didn\u2019t take much \u2014 save for a little gas\u200d and a leaf blower \u2014 to clean up the powdery residue left behind by the climate activists\u2019 flare.<\/p>\n<p>Daily Mail correspondent Dominic King tweeted a video showing the distinct lack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oil-protesters-attempt-to-disrupt-british-open-thwarted-by-american-player-and-gas-powered-devices\/\" title=\"American player and gas-powered devices foil oil protesters' bid to disrupt British Open.\">back-breaking effort involved<\/a> \u2062in getting rid of the mess:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After effects of Just Stop Oil protest on 17th green at Royal \u2064Liverpool. 3 people (one male, 2 female) apprehended by security and police. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/naJIF6KLJr\">pic.twitter.com\/naJIF6KLJr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dominic King (@DominicKing_DM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DominicKing_DM\/status\/1682362109105930242?\">July 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>These protesters should consider themselves lucky. Things could have gone decidedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-security-guard-obliterates-pga-tour-golfer-attempts-celebrate-friends-historic-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">less peacefully<\/a> had they crossed paths with reigning Masters champion Jon Rahm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do have a reputation [for having a temper], so I hope they don\u2019t catch\u2064 me\u200b on a bad hole,\u201d Rahm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/golf-star-jon-rahm-issues-warning-climate-protesters-ahead-british-open-dont-catch-bad-hole\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warned<\/a> climate activists leading up to the Open Championships.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/oil-protesters-attempt-disrupt-british-open-thwarted-american-player-gas-powered-devices\/\">Oil \u2062Protesters&#8217; Attempt to Disrupt British\u2064 Open Thwarted by American Player\u200c and\u200c Gas-Powered Devices<\/a> \u2063 appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irony prevails as a gas-powered leaf blower, the bane of environmentalists, becomes the center of attention. Just Stop Oil activists attempted to seize the spotlight at a major event, but their efforts failed miserably. Their presence vanished without a trace, as if they had never been there at all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2015,"featured_media":1979642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1979641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1979641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1979642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1979641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1979641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1979641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}