{"id":2266918,"date":"2024-06-13T13:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T17:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-protesters-try-storming-american-baseball-game-cops-take-them-down-before-they-can-clear-the-outfield\/"},"modified":"2024-06-13T13:02:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T17:02:52","slug":"climate-protesters-try-storming-american-baseball-game-cops-take-them-down-before-they-can-clear-the-outfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-protesters-try-storming-american-baseball-game-cops-take-them-down-before-they-can-clear-the-outfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate protesters attempt to disrupt US baseball game, police intervene before they reach outfield"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fclimate-protesters-try-storming-american-baseball-game-cops-take-them-down-before-they-can-clear-the-outfield%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=2266918&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--><p>A\u2063 group\u2062 of\u2064 eight climate \u200bprotesters from Climate Defiance attempted to disrupt the \u2064annual Congressional Baseball\u200d Game, \u2063an event dating back to 1909 that serves as a\u2062 charitable gathering for U.S. politicians. \u200dDespite their intentions, they were promptly tackled and arrested by the Capitol Police as they tried to storm the field. The protesters, who were advocating against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-has-signed-40-executive-orders-and-actions-since-taking-office\/\" title=\"Biden has signed 40 executive orders and actions since taking office\">fossil fuel subsidies<\/a>, published \u2063footage of their failed attempt \u200con their social media, criticizing\u2062 the continuation of the Chevron-sponsored game. The incident\u2064 drew significant criticism\u2064 online, with many mocking \u200bthe protesters for their\u200b approach\u2062 and questioning the effectiveness of their \u2062actions.\u200c This firm response from the Capitol Police contrasts with\u200d the milder consequences \u2064often\u200b seen for similar acts of protest\u200b in other countries.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <\/p>\n<h2>Climate Protesters Try Storming American Baseball Game, Cops Take Them Down Before They Can Clear the Outfield<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/%20\"><span>Allison Anton<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 13, 2024 at 9:10am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>If climate protesters weren\u2019t so self-righteously obnoxious, you could almost admire their tenacity.<\/p>\n<p>No matter how many times the general populace has made their disdain for them abundantly clear, no matter how many times these protesters have humiliated themselves on the world stage, they just keep trying again.<\/p>\n<p>This time, they decided to try their luck on the field of the annual Congressional Baseball Game.<\/p>\n<p>A tradition hearkening back to 1909, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congressionalbaseball.org\/history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Congressional Baseball Game<\/a> has provided a chance for the increasingly antagonistic Democrats and Republicans to express that antagonism through America\u2019s national pastime, while raising money for charity.<\/p>\n<p>And it was this at hallowed event that a group of eight hapless protesters decided to stage their demonstration.<\/p>\n<p>According to  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/sports\/3041033\/climate-protesters-storm-field-congressional-baseball-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Examiner<\/a>, on Wednesday night, the game was proceeding as usual when the eight protesters from Climate Defiance attempted to storm the field.<\/p>\n<p>Releasing, for some reason, footage of the thwarted protest on their official X account, Climate Defiance captioned the video with the declaration, \u201cWe have taken the field at the Congressional Baseball Game + play has FROZEN! \u2026 This Chevron-sponsored game cannot continue. This is unconscionable.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: We have taken the field at the Congressional Baseball Game + play has FROZEN!<\/p>\n<p>Congress sends billions of public $$ to subsidize deadly fossil fuels \u2014 but the police are tackling us instead.<\/p>\n<p>This Chevron-sponsored game cannot continue. This is unconscionable. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZAM3kmm9f7\">pic.twitter.com\/ZAM3kmm9f7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Climate Defiance (@ClimateDefiance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClimateDefiance\/status\/1801045406807196037?\">June 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should disruptive protesters face harsher penalties?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As seen in the video, the protesters climbed over the barriers to the field, donning shirts reading \u201cEND FOSSIL FUELS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Almost instantly, they were tackled to the ground by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/capitol-police-investigating-drug-discovery-headquarters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Capitol Police<\/a>, while spectators filmed the incident and vocalized their approval of the police action.<\/p>\n<p>Another X user shared a different angle of the debacle, which showed that the protesters barely made it to the outfield, while spectators shouted \u201cyeah!\u201d and cheered for the police.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Capitol Police just tackled and arrested several people running onto the field during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-reclassifies-2017-congressional-baseball-shooting-as-incident-of-domestic-terrorism\/\" title=\"FBI reclassifies 2017 congressional baseball shooting as incident of domestic terrorism\">congressional baseball game<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/43sforwxCi\">pic.twitter.com\/43sforwxCi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewSolender\/status\/1801040603473453365?\">June 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/US\/2024\/06\/13\/protesters-arrested-Congressional-Baseball-Game\/1961718253318\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UPI<\/a>, the police were aware of a potential protest and informed the public that they had ensured \u201cwe had plenty of resources to swiftly respond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/climate-protesters-rush-senator-chaotic-scuffle-things-backfire-turn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Climate Defiance<\/a> themselves confirmed that several of those protesters had been arrested for their actions on the field.<\/p>\n<p>The schadenfreude was palpable in the comments on Climate Defiance\u2019s self-righteous X post.<\/p>\n<p>One user wrote, \u201cAnd we all laughed at you\u2026 you\u2019re literally achieving nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">And we all laughed at you\u2026 you\u2019re literally achieving nothing<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 kevin smith (@kevin_smith45) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kevin_smith45\/status\/1801091147088928852?\">June 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll take you seriously when you only wear, use, and eat what is made without petroleum products,\u201d another wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019ll take you seriously when you only wear, use, and eat what is made without petroleum products, and not transported on anything using, manufactured, or transported using petroleum products. That puts you back in the early 1800\u2019s, essentially. You haven\u2019t thought this through.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 1984 Is Today (@Tribble_Bait) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tribble_Bait\/status\/1801080828560105587?\">June 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>User Joe Chenelly pinpointed precisely the difference between the consequences for protesting in the U.S., versus, say France or Great Britain: \u201cThese guys aren\u2019t getting appearance tickets and released around the corner. They went to an actual jail. The feds are different.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">These guys aren\u2019t getting appearance tickets and released around the corner. They went to an actual jail. The feds are different.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Chenelly \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@jchenelly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jchenelly\/status\/1801101415621833151?\">June 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And he was absolutely spot-on in his observation.<\/p>\n<p>While their equally obnoxious brethren across the pond tend to receive little more than a slap on the wrist for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/climate-activists-smash-protective-glass-panel-historic-painting-london-national-gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defacing priceless works of art<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-climate-activists-block-runways-2-german-airports-causing-numerous-flight-cancelations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">glueing themselves to runways<\/a>, the climate protesters here were swiftly incarcerated.<\/p>\n<p>This wasn\u2019t a museum in London or a roadway in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-fed-commuters-drag-climate-protesters-off-highway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vancouver<\/a>, this was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-rep-seriously-injured-just-months-ago-helps-republicans-huge-baseball-win-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congressional Baseball Game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course the Capitol Police would tackle them to the ground and haul them off to jail before they could even spout one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/climate-alarmists-blockade-european-avenue-left-humiliated-powerless-furious-frenchman-clears-road\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inane slogan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And, honestly, it was refreshing to see.<\/p>\n<p>Though the arrests here probably won\u2019t break through Climate Defiance\u2019s invincible ignorance, it might at least caution them to think twice before trying to disrupt events connected with the U.S. Government.<\/p>\n<p>Still, if they weren\u2019t so shrill, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/climate-protesters-interrupt-broadway-play-fail-notice-sopranos-star-leaves-stage-intervene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">self-righteous<\/a>, and hypocritical, you could almost admire their willingness to proclaim their cause from the rooftops despite the universal hatred they\u2019ve acquired.<\/p>\n<p>Almost.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. 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She calls the metro Atlanta area home, and when she\u2019s not writing, she\u2019s creating a loving home for her amazing husband.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate protesters attempted to disrupt an American baseball game but were quickly subdued by police before reaching the outfield. 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