{"id":869026,"date":"2021-10-11T20:14:05","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T00:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=869026"},"modified":"2021-10-11T20:14:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T00:14:08","slug":"climate-protesters-descend-on-white-house-sing-songs-and-vandalize-andrew-jackson-statue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-protesters-descend-on-white-house-sing-songs-and-vandalize-andrew-jackson-statue\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Protesters Descend On White House, Sing Songs, And Vandalize Andrew Jackson Statue"},"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%2Fclimate-protesters-descend-on-white-house-sing-songs-and-vandalize-andrew-jackson-statue%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=869026&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/7A2D2B67-D0FA-4DF0-BEC8-F573140448D7_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">A group of activists involved with a climate change group reportedly vandalized a statue of Andrew Jackson on Monday and descended upon the White House with warnings directed at President Joe Biden.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/climate-protesters-swarm-white-house\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"14\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The Build Back Fossil Free coalition took to the DC streets Monday with their five-day-long protest\u2019s aim to spur action by the Biden administration against&nbsp;<\/i><span class=\"s2\"><i>climate change<\/i><\/span><i>, mainly by declaring a national emergency and ending projects involving fossil fuels.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Siqi\u00f1iq Maupin, director of coalition core member the Sovereign Inupiat for a Living Arctic, told Fox News in a Monday email statement that the protest was happening because they believe Biden needs to follow through on his campaign promises.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cPeople are dying right now from the pollutants, the toxins, the climate catastrophes that are happening \u2014 and we have to stop the harm,\u201d Maupin reportedly wrote. \u201cBiden\u2019s election was riding on climate change; his entire election hinged on turning out people of color and Indigenous people.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cBut when it really comes to what matters, our lives are still being sacrificed for oil and gas,\u201d Maupin went on. \u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re here today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The group\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buildbackfossilfree.org\/#about\"><span class=\"s1\">website<\/span><\/a> included a direct message to Biden, stating:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Joe Biden, you must live up to your promises and take executive action to deliver healthy communities, millions of good-paying jobs, and a better life for people on the frontlines of fossil fuel racism, pollution, and the climate crisis.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">It also laid out specific action items, stating that Biden \u201cshould use all the tools at your disposal to avert further climate devastation while helping people recover from the pandemic. That means using your executive authority from Day One\u201d in order to \u201cStop approving the fossil fuel projects fueling climate chaos\u201d and \u201cDeclare a climate emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">One of the activists in Washington, D.C., on Monday was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esilverman11\/status\/1447574752726499332?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1447579885103419397%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&amp;ref_url=https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/climate-protesters-swarm-white-house\"><span class=\"s1\">reportedly<\/span><\/a> handcuffed by law enforcement and yelled, \u201cI don\u2019t want to die!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.288401253918\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udfb6 we stand to protect the land, one people hand in hand, one struggle \u2018til we heal us all \ud83c\udfb6 <\/p>\n<p>Climate protesters are singing outside the White House as U.S. Park Police stand by. Police said those who do not disperse will risk arrest. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TDsEmC8Kz2\">pic.twitter.com\/TDsEmC8Kz2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ellie Silverman (@esilverman11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esilverman11\/status\/1447574752726499332?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacquiHeinrich\/status\/1447578183931506693?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1447578183931506693%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/climate-protesters-swarm-white-house\"><span class=\"s1\">tweeted<\/span><\/a> a picture of a vandalized statue of former President Andrew Jackson in Washington, D.C. with the words \u201cEXPECTUS\u201d spray-painted on the stone. Heinrich reported that protesters were chanting, \u201crespect us or expect us\u201d as they gathered.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.945652173913\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jackson statue in front of White House vandalized \u2013 protesters chanting \u201crespect us or expect us\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ifj1UG6I3w\">pic.twitter.com\/ifj1UG6I3w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacquiHeinrich\/status\/1447578183931506693?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">The \u201cBuild Back Fossil Free\u201d group is supported by several organizations, including the ice cream brand \u201cBen &amp; Jerry\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Earlier this year, the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benjerry.com\/whats-new\/2021\/04\/earth-day-climate-justice\"><span class=\"s1\">promoted<\/span><\/a> a petition for the organization, and stated in part on its website, \u201cCommunities of color are getting hit harder than anybody else. Why? Environmental racism. The same racist federal, state, and local laws that have allowed and even encouraged polluters to target those communities for generations have made them more vulnerable to climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ben &amp; Jerry\u2019s has also pushed far-Left policies in the past and promoted certain progressive lawmakers, including \u201cRep. Cori Bush (D-MO), a leading proponent of the unpopular \u2018Defund the Police\u2019 movement,\u201d per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ben-jerrys-reveals-new-social-justice-ice-cream-flavor-honoring-cori-bush-supporting-defund-the-police-movement\"><span class=\"s1\">The Daily Wire<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The company created a new short-term flavor in honor of Bush called \u201cChange is Brewing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/ben-jerrys-unveils-new-flavor-support-rep-cori-bushs-public-safety-bil-rcna2109\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> that the flavor is intended to promote the People\u2019s Response Act, which was introduced by Bush and would replace police officers with social workers who would respond to mental health incidents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of activists involved with a climate change group reportedly vandalized a statue of Andrew Jackson on Monday and descended upon the White House with warnings directed at President &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-869026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869026","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=869026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}