{"id":2397240,"date":"2025-01-30T21:27:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T02:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-protesters-disrupt-final-dnc-chair-candidate-forum-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T21:28:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T02:28:32","slug":"climate-protesters-disrupt-final-dnc-chair-candidate-forum-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-protesters-disrupt-final-dnc-chair-candidate-forum-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate protesters disrupt final DNC chair candidate forum &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">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%2Fclimate-protesters-disrupt-final-dnc-chair-candidate-forum-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=2397240&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>At a recent Democratic National \u2062Committee (DNC) chair candidate\u200d forum held at\u2062 Georgetown\u2063 University,several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-turns-the-tables-on-climate-protesters-who-interrupted-him-embarrasses-them-with-question-they-cant-answer\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz Turns the Tables on Climate Protesters Who Interrupted Him, Embarrasses Them With Question They Can&#039;t Answer\">climate protesters disrupted<\/a> the\u2062 event by demanding accountability from candidates regarding their \u200cfinancial ties\u200b to \u200cbillionaires and \u200bfossil fuel donors. One protester, wearing a Sunrise\u2063 Movement T-shirt, was among \u2062the numerous\u200c activists removed from the forum, during which\u200d they shouted messages like &#8220;stop\u2063 taking oil money.&#8221;\u200d The DNC is set to elect a new chair, with candidates \u200bincluding Wisconsin Democratic Party\u2063 Chairman Ben Wikler \u200dand Minnesota \u200bDemocratic-Farmer-Labor Party leader Ken Martin, both of\u200b whom criticized former President\u2064 Donald Trump&#8217;s statements on recent tragedies.Some candidates expressed concern about the \u2062Democratic Party&#8217;s image, with long-shot candidate marianne Williamson emphasizing the\u200b need for honesty and \u200bintrospection within the party. The forum\u2019s disruptions highlighted the\u200b urgency climate\u2064 activists feel\u2063 in \u2063addressing the party&#8217;s funding sources and direction.  <\/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\">Climate protesters disrupt final DNC chair candidate forum ahead of winter meeting: &lsquo;Stop taking oil money&rsquo;<\/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_1958495\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Several climate protestors disrupted the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-national-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democratic National Committee<\/a>&lsquo;s final chair candidate forum on Thursday, demanding answers from the candidates on the stage regarding donations from billionaires and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/activist-investors-are-seizing-companies-to-push-social-justice-measures\/\" title=\"\u2018Activist Investors\u2019 Are Seizing Companies To Push Social Justice Measures\">climate-related topics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>At least one interruption came from a young woman wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the Sunrise Movement name, the climate group that has been led by young activists.<\/p>\n<p>The woman was escorted out of the event as were several other protestors. At least one person shouted &ldquo;peace out b*****s&rdquo; as they were led out, and another Sunrise-affiliated person asked the candidates, &ldquo;Do you work for billionaires or for people like me?&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Another protester shouted toward the candidates to &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">stop taking oil money&#038;rdquo<\/a>; as they were led out of the event. It appeared that roughly 12 protesters were removed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democrats <\/a>are set to elect a new chair on Saturday but before the election, the DNC had partnered with MSNBC to host the last candidate forum at Georgetown University. <\/p>\n<p>A frustrated Symone Sanders repeatedly chastised the protestors who prevented her from asking the candidates onstage questions about what they would do as the next chair. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will not be able to get through this evening if you all continue to interrupt, and we are running out of time in this forum again,&rdquo; Sanders pleaded. <\/p>\n<p>Before the disruptions began, the candidate forum began with the candidates ready to attack President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As we grieve the horrible crash yesterday, as we reel with shock at the horrors that Trump is visiting on communities across this country, we need a DNC and a DNC chair who is ready to bring the intensity, the focus, and the fury to fight back when our country is reeling and waiting for leadership,&rdquo; said Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Ben Wikler, one of the front-runners of the race. <\/p>\n<p>Wikler was referencing Trump&rsquo;s press conference earlier on Thursday where he blamed former Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama, as well as diversity, equity and inclusion programs, for the deadly crash between a civilian airliner and a military helicopter&nbsp;at Ronald Reagan National Airport Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Wikler recently gained the endorsement of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who continues to exert influence over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-attorney-general-eric-holder-says-citizens-need-to-take-to-the-streets-get-arrested-over-voter-id-battle\/\" title=\"Former Attorney General Eric Holder Says Citizens Need To Take To The Streets, Get Arrested Over Voter ID Battle\">fellow party members<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>He faces top competition from Minnesota&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democratic<\/a>-Farmer-Labor Party leader Ken Martin&nbsp;who also slammed Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But it shouldn&rsquo;t surprise any of us, of course, that the president today decided to inject politics into that saying, of course, this was a fault of President Biden, President Obama, the air traffic controllers and DEI of all things,&rdquo; said Martin. <\/p>\n<p>Democrats have struggled to regroup after Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris last November and won all seven battleground states. <\/p>\n<p>National party members were slow to respond to Trump&rsquo;s multiple executive orders on immigration, gender, and climate change to the frustration of the base and even the DNC chair candidates. <\/p>\n<p>Long-shot candidate Marianne Williamson bluntly said, &ldquo;The Democratic brand is basically in the toilet.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And if I&rsquo;m your chair, I&rsquo;m going to be very honest. And if we&rsquo;re going to be very honest, we have to look in the mirror, and we have to stop some of our hypocrisy,&rdquo; she warned. <\/p>\n<p>But the issuing and quick rescinding of a memo freezing federal grants and loans reignited the base in uniting to oppose the president, as well as Trump&rsquo;s attacks on DEI programs.  <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At this moment, the DNC needs to be on a war plan,&rdquo; said Faiz Shakir, a former campaign manager for Sen. Bernie Sanders&nbsp;(I-VT) and another longshot candidate. &ldquo;Donald Trump campaigned as a populist. He&rsquo;s governing like an oligarch doling out special favors to billionaires who want to kiss his ring.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>The next chair of the DNC will need to win a majority of the 448 DNC members to secure victory. If a majority is not secured in the first round, multiple rounds of voting will continue until a candidate wins the majority.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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_1958495\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1958495\"}});<\/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>Climate protesters interrupted the DNC chair candidate forum, demanding candidates address billionaire donations and climate issues<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2397241,"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\/2025\/01\/ken-martin-ben-wikler-dnc.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7064,4321,7705,4007],"class_list":["post-2397240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-candidates","tag-climate","tag-dnc","tag-protesters"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ken-martin-ben-wikler-dnc.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397240","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\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2397240"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2397244,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397240\/revisions\/2397244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2397241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2397240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2397240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2397240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}