{"id":2301057,"date":"2024-07-19T14:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T18:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-official-protests-with-disruptive-climate-group-against-biden-outside-dnc-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-19T14:55:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T18:55:07","slug":"federal-official-joins-disruptive-climate-group-in-protest-against-biden-outside-dnc-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-official-joins-disruptive-climate-group-in-protest-against-biden-outside-dnc-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal official joins disruptive climate group in protest against Biden outside DNC &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">30<\/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%2Ffederal-official-joins-disruptive-climate-group-in-protest-against-biden-outside-dnc-washington-examiner%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=2301057&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>The\u200b summary is about a federal official named Daniel Michelson-Horowitz who protested\u200b against \u200dPresident Joe Biden outside the Democratic National Committee\u2019s headquarters in Washington, D.C., along\u2063 with a climate\u2064 group called Climate Defiance. Michelson-Horowitz,\u2064 who works at the\u2062 Office of Management\u200c and Budget, was\u2062 part of a\u200b private group chat planning the rally. There are concerns about his involvement with Climate Defiance and the potential \u2064impact on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-got-it-newsmax-reporter-emerald-robinson-national-security-source-confirms-a-piece-of-hardware-has-been-secured-in-germany\/\" title=\"We Got It! - Newsmax Reporter Emerald Robinson: National Security Source Confirms &quot;A Piece of Hardware Has Been Secured&quot; in Germany\">national security<\/a>. Activists at the \u200brally called for Biden to drop out of the 2024 race, and Climate Defiance is connected to protests against fossil fuels and climate change. The group has been involved in disruptive activities, including vandalism, blocking roads, and interrupting events. Michelson-Horowitz declined to comment on\u200c his involvement with Climate Defiance, and there are calls for an investigation into his activities.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Federal official protests with disruptive climate group against Biden outside DNC<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1706920\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash;<\/strong> A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-democrat-narrative-goes-up-in-flames-ex-capitol-police-chief-steven-sund-says-he-had-intel-antifa-was-part-of-the-january-6-attack-video\/\" title=\"Another Democrat Narrative Goes up in Flames \u2013 Ex-Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund Says He Had Intel Antifa Was Part of the January 6 Attack (VIDEO)\">senior analyst<\/a> at the largest office within the Executive Office of the President, the Office of Management and Budget, participated in a Friday rally against President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> led by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>climate<\/a> group behind extremist anti-oil protests.<\/p>\n<p>Climate Defiance, an organization<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/644076\/hollywood-and-left-wing-foundations-behind-climate-charity-quietly-bankrolling-extremist-protest-groups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> linked<\/a> to a left-wing dark money network deploying unorthodox protest methods against fossil fuels, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gekaminsky\/status\/1814273990271078505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>gathered on Friday morning<\/a> outside the Democratic National Committee&rsquo;s headquarters in Washington, D.C., to demand Biden not run for reelection. In attendance at that same event was an eight-year veteran legislative analyst named Daniel Michelson-Horowitz at the powerful Office of Management and Budget, the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> has confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The OMB analyst, a graduate of Georgetown University&rsquo;s law school in 2013 who previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/daniel-michelson-horowitz-9a9a4623\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>worked<\/a> at the Food and Drug Administration, was as of Thursday part of a private group chat called &ldquo;DNC Pass The Torch 7\/19&rdquo; to discuss logistics for the Friday rally. The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> was able to confirm this because a Climate Defiance activist named Lauren McNair appears to have unwittingly added a <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reporter to the group chat. McNair notably put out a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gekaminsky\/status\/1803235726898663495\/photo\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>statement<\/a> in June recounting her experience facing arrest at the annual Congressional Baseball Game for running on the field at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-nationals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nationals Park<\/a>, along with other climate activists.<\/p>\n<p>That Michelson-Horowitz is involved with Climate Defiance should be investigated by the OMB, according to William E. Trachman, a legal expert and former senior appointee in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Department of Education<\/a>. It&rsquo;s important for public employees to retain their First Amendment rights, though Climate Defiance is also a particularly problematic entity linked to apparent national security issues, Trachman said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Given the nature of this group and the fact that their members are getting arrested, I think it would be appropriate for OMB to at least confirm he&rsquo;s doing this on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-first-lady-reportedly-boot-bbc-tv-crew-from-pub-garden-take-their-table\/\" title=\"Biden, First Lady Reportedly Boot BBC TV Crew From Pub Garden, Take Their Table\">private time<\/a>,&rdquo; Trachman said. <\/p>\n<p>The OMB analyst&rsquo;s involvement with the anti-Biden rally comes as Democrats increasingly urge the president to drop out of the 2024 race over concerns that he is not in a position to beat former President Donald Trump. Panic has set off in Democratic circles ever since Biden&rsquo;s poor debate performance in late June against Trump &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3082180\/trump-rewrites-republican-convention-speech-focus-unity-not-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>who survived an assassination attempt<\/a> on July 13 at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Daniel Michelson-Horowitz, Climate Defiance protest outside the Democratic National Committee&rsquo;s headquarters in Washington, D.C., on July 19, 2024. (Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Michelson-Horowitz told a <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reporter at the Friday rally outside the DNC that he was &ldquo;not here in that capacity&rdquo; when asked about his role with the OMB. He declined to comment on if his superiors were aware of his involvement with Climate Defiance. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m just not in a position to talk to the media,&rdquo; said Michelson-Horowitz, a former intern for the Brennan Center for Justice, Department of Justice, and Obama White House. The OMB analyst earned a salary of more than $155,000 in 2023 and has made donations in the past to Biden and other Democrats, according to federal records. <\/p>\n<p>At the DNC rally, protesters called for Biden to &ldquo;pass the torch&rdquo; and shouted chants such as &ldquo;You can&rsquo;t win Joe, pack it in&rdquo; and &ldquo;The youth can do it best, Biden give it a rest.&rdquo; Climate Defiance Executive Director Michael Greenberg said in a speech to protesters Friday that DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison &ldquo;spends his days writing long tweets about how he doesn&rsquo;t believe all the pollsters,&rdquo; signaling Biden may lose to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The <em>Examiner&rsquo;s<\/em> coverage is a little bit biased towards the Right, so, yeah, you&rsquo;re totally welcome to hang out, but I&rsquo;m going to pass on doing an interview,&rdquo; Greenberg told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, noting Climate Defiance is &ldquo;staying neutral&rdquo; on which candidate it would support for president should Biden drop out of the 2024 race.<\/p>\n<p>Climate Defiance is one of several groups <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/644076\/hollywood-and-left-wing-foundations-behind-climate-charity-quietly-bankrolling-extremist-protest-groups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>connected to Climate Emergency Fund<\/a>, a nonprofit group bankrolled by Hollywood celebrities and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zachary-faria-biden-and-the-cult-of-climate-change-are-beholden-to-an-uncaring-china\/\" title=\"Biden and Climate Change: Tied to China&#039;s Indifference.\">left-wing foundations<\/a> behind protests aiming to bring awareness to climate change featuring vandalism and the blocking of roads, among other activities. Activists with Just Stop Oil, another group backed by CEF, were <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/britain-climate-protesters-record-prison-sentences-7b8b7e56a4611ccfdf4896edf9ea2c67\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>sentenced<\/a> on Thursday in England to as much as five years in prison for blocking traffic on a major highway in London.<\/p>\n<p>Just Stop Oil activists have also in the past <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/164709\/fought-for-your-future-activist-defends-throwing-soup-on-van-gogh-painting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>thrown tomato soup<\/a> on Van Gogh&rsquo;s <em>Sunflowers<\/em> painting, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/650592\/wimbledon-2023-just-stop-oil-protesters-storm-court-mid-match\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>interrupted<\/a> the 2023 Wimbledon tennis tournament, and, last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy\/3051890\/climate-activists-vandalize-stonehenge-orange-powder-paint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>sprayed orange paint<\/a> on the historical Stonehenge landmark in Wiltshire, England.<\/p>\n<p>In June, eight protesters were arrested at the Congressional Baseball Game for rushing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-antonio-brown-did-not-believe-he-was-healthy-enough-to-enter-the-game-before-leaving-field-mid-game\/\" title=\"Report: Antonio Brown Did Not Believe He Was Healthy Enough To Enter The Game Before Leaving Field Mid-Game\">field mid-game<\/a>. Climate Defiance, which is based in Washington, D.C., took credit for the protest and said the &ldquo;Chevron-sponsored&rdquo; game was &ldquo;unconscionable.&rdquo; Climate Defiance activists also, for instance, forced Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/amy-klobuchar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Amy Klobuchar<\/a> (D-MN) off the stage in May of last year at an event for her new book &mdash; before its activists were <a href=\"https:\/\/gwhatchet.com\/2023\/05\/12\/climate-activists-interrupt-senators-book-talk-occupy-stage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>escorted<\/a> out by George Washington University campus police. <\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s unclear how long Michelson-Horowitz has been involved with Climate Defiance. The OMB declined to comment to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. Climate Defiance touted in emails to supporters Friday how it &ldquo;blockaded&rdquo; the DNC and &ldquo;will not back down.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The situation is &ldquo;hugely problematic all around,&rdquo; according to Tom Jones, president of the conservative American Accountability Foundation watchdog group. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Climate Defiance isn&rsquo;t your normal, goofy left-wing environmental group,&rdquo; Jones said. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re an aggressive, confrontational group of borderline domestic terrorists. The association of someone at OMB with this group is problematic. They should 100% investigate. And if the next administration is a different one, they should probably look at firing the guy as well.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1706920\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1706920\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A high-ranking government official protested against President Biden alongside a disruptive climate group outside the DNC headquarters. The official, Daniel Michelson-Horowitz, who works at the Office of Management and Budget, was involved in organizing the rally against Biden. This has raised concerns about his involvement with a group known for extreme anti-oil protests. The group, Climate Defiance, has been linked to national security issues and disruptive activities such as blocking roads and vandalizing public property. Michelson-Horowitz&#8217;s participation in the rally has sparked calls for an investigation by legal experts and concerns about his role as a public employee. The rally was part of a growing movement within the Democratic Party urging Biden not to run for reelection in 2024 due to concerns about his ability to defeat former President Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"featured_media":2301058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Daniel-Michelson-Horowitz-1024x708.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,35607,7705,35606,4542],"class_list":["post-2301057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-disruptive-climate-group","tag-dnc","tag-federal-official","tag-protest"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Daniel-Michelson-Horowitz-1024x708.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2301057","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\/381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2301057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2301057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2301058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2301057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2301057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2301057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}