{"id":576511,"date":"2021-06-29T14:05:29","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T18:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=576511"},"modified":"2021-06-29T14:05:37","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T18:05:37","slug":"climate-activists-get-themselves-arrested-in-front-of-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-activists-get-themselves-arrested-in-front-of-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Activists Get Themselves Arrested In Front Of White House"},"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\">20<\/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-activists-get-themselves-arrested-in-front-of-white-house%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=576511&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>An environmentalist organization claims \u201cdozens\u201d of its activists were arrested by Secret Service in front of the White House Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Sunrise Movement, an organization focused on stopping climate change, brought its members outside the White House Monday demanding more from the infrastructure agreement Democratic President Joe Biden endorsed, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/progressives-rally-capitol-hill-call-204644719.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yahoo News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether we\u2019re inside or outside the White House, Biden is going to hear our demands,\u201d a description for the event said on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunrisemovement.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.4918032786885\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s on. Shutting down the main entrances to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WhiteHouse<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sunrisemvmt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sunrisemvmt<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeBiden<\/a> you can avoid these kind of disruptions by saying <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoClimateNoDeal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoClimateNoDeal<\/a> and following through on your promise to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BuildBackFossilFree?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BuildBackFossilFree<\/a> &amp; fund the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/civilianclimatecorps?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#civilianclimatecorps<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoClimateNoDeal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoClimateNoDeal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KrrQwKlvtG\">pic.twitter.com\/KrrQwKlvtG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 drew hudson #defundpolice (@wealsoherdcats) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wealsoherdcats\/status\/1409623471374602245?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Activists chanted \u201cshut it down\u201d as they made a barricade in front of an entrance to the White House, according to Yahoo News. The organization demanded Biden include funding for a \u201ccivilian climate corps,\u201d which it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunrisemovement.org\/theory-of-change\/the-ccc-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">says<\/a> is a government jobs program to combat climate change. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/08\/27\/sunrise-movement-climate-change-dnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: EDITORIAL \u2014 The Hypocrisy Of This Leftist Group Is Stunning)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a program organized through the Department of the Interior and Agriculture and aims to conserve and restore public lands and waters, bolster community resilience, increase reforestation, increase carbon sequestration in the agricultural sector, protect biodiversity, improve access to recreation, and address the changing climate,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n<p>The Sunrise Movement didn\u2019t respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.248466257669\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today we showed up to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeBiden<\/a>\u2019s doorstep with 500+ people and blockaded every entrance to the white house, demanding that he include a fully funded <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CivilianClimateCorps?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CivilianClimateCorps<\/a> in his infrastructure bill.<\/p>\n<p>Secret Service then arrested dozens of us. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hpBSrhnhF1\">pic.twitter.com\/hpBSrhnhF1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sunrise Movement ???? (@sunrisemvmt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sunrisemvmt\/status\/1409633324671246341?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2021\/06\/28\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-june-28-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">denied<\/a> the group\u2019s claim that the infrastructure bill failed to address climate change. \u201cI would dispute the notion that it doesn\u2019t do anything for climate, which some are arguing,\u201d Psaki said in a press briefing.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman, and Missouri Rep. Cori Bush attended the protests.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7225968\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7225968\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7225968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Democratic-Rep.-Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-rallies-hundreds-of-young-climate-activists-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rallies hundreds of young climate activists in Lafayette Square on the north side of the White House to demand that U.S. President Joe Biden work to make the Green New Deal into law on June 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Democratic-Rep.-Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-rallies-hundreds-of-young-climate-activists-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Democratic-Rep.-Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-rallies-hundreds-of-young-climate-activists-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Democratic-Rep.-Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-rallies-hundreds-of-young-climate-activists-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Democratic-Rep.-Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-rallies-hundreds-of-young-climate-activists-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Democratic-Rep.-Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-rallies-hundreds-of-young-climate-activists-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Democratic-Rep.-Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-rallies-hundreds-of-young-climate-activists-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7225968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rallies hundreds of young climate activists in Lafayette Square on the north side of the White House to demand that U.S. President Joe Biden work to make the Green New Deal into law on June 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey(politicians) occupy our streets. They mass incarcerate us, but they leave us food insecure, in transportation deserts, and our buildings and schools falling apart. Fuck that,\u201d Bowman said demonstrators, according to Yahoo News.<\/p>\n<p>Sunrise Movement\u2019s activists have been arrested at protests multiple times. They were <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/22\/climate-protestors-arrested-ted-cruz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">arrested<\/a> for demonstrating on Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz\u2019s property on June 21, and for <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/02\/25\/sunrise-movement-activists-storm-russell-senate-office-leave-in-handcuffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">storming<\/a> the Russell Senate Office Building in February 2019.<\/p>\n<p>When Cortez was first elected into Congress, she <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/11\/13\/ocasio-cortez-activists-nancy-pelosi-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">joined<\/a> protestors from the Sunrise Movement at Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s office to support a \u201cGreen New Deal\u201d in November 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An environmentalist organization claims \u201cdozens\u201d of its activists were arrested by Secret Service in front of the White House Monday.The Sunrise Movement, an organization focused on stopping climate change, brought &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313661,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Democratic-Rep.-Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-rallies-hundreds-of-young-climate-activists-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Climate Activists Get Themselves Arrested In Front Of White House","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-576511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Democratic-Rep.-Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez-rallies-hundreds-of-young-climate-activists-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Climate Activists Get Themselves Arrested In Front Of White House","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576511","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}