{"id":970274,"date":"2021-11-05T01:13:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T05:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=970274"},"modified":"2021-11-05T01:13:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T05:13:47","slug":"watch-climate-change-activists-blockade-joe-manchins-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-climate-change-activists-blockade-joe-manchins-car\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH \u2013 Climate Change Activists Blockade Joe Manchin&#039;s Car"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fwatch-climate-change-activists-blockade-joe-manchins-car%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=970274&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\/11\/GettyImages-1345369415-e1634407118798-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A group of leftist climate change activists blockaded moderate Sen. Joe Manchin\u2019s (D-WV) car on Wednesday and boasted about it on social media.<\/p>\n<p>In a video posted to Twitter, activists associated with the group Sunrise Movement harassed Manchin at the yacht club in D.C. where his houseboat (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonian.com\/2021\/02\/22\/joe-manchins-houseboat-5-things\/\">not a luxurious yacht<\/a>, as the group claimed) is docked.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cJoe Manchin has been holding our futures hostage for fossil fuel bribes, so we went to his yacht,\u201d the group said in the video.<\/p>\n<p>Confronting Manchin in the yacht club\u2019s parking structure, activists were seen swarming the senator\u2019s car, screaming at him through the window as he attempted to maneuver away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe Manchin, is it worth it? Is the money worth it?\u201d one male protester yelled at Manchin through his car window. \u201cIs the money that important, Joe Manchin? Is it more important than my life, Joe Manchin? Is it more important than your kid\u2019s life? Can you look me in my eyes as I talk to you? Do you only talk to millionaires?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The group later referred to the senator as \u201cMaserati Manchin\u201d in a tweet sharing the video in which they linked to the site <a href=\"https:\/\/stopmanchin.com\/\">StopManchin.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.906077348066\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fossil fuel greedy liar, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sen_JoeManchin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Sen_JoeManchin<\/a> set our house on fire \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>Maserati Manchin has been holding our future hostage in exchange for corporate bribes.<\/p>\n<p>He won&#8217;t look us in the eyes when we talk to him. He only talks to millionaires. Coward.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jmJiizJmD7\">https:\/\/t.co\/jmJiizJmD7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ijPaKWGXRt\">pic.twitter.com\/ijPaKWGXRt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hunger Strike 4 Climate Justice (@HungerStr1ke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HungerStr1ke\/status\/1456411456212176901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Later, the group claimed in a TikTok video that Joe Manchin tried to run the protesters over with his car.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe blockaded Joe Manchin\u2019s car and he tried to run us over,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n<p>Political advisor and self-described DNC member Thomas Kennedy referred to Manchin as an \u201cawful, selfish, greedy man\u201d who drove his car into protesters.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWatch Joe Manchin drive his car into protestors who are demanding that he stop blocking climate provisions in the Build Back Better package on behalf of fossil fuel and other corporate interests. What an awful, selfish, greedy man,\u201d said Kennedy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.352941176471\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watch Joe Manchin drive his car into protestors who are demanding that he stop blocking climate provisions in the Build Back Better package on behalf of fossil fuel and other corporate interests. What an awful, selfish, greedy man.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fM26R1MmXA\">pic.twitter.com\/fM26R1MmXA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Thomas Kennedy (@tomaskenn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomaskenn\/status\/1456358785950363662?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Another video tweeted by Hunger Strike 4 Climate Justice showed security pushing protesters out of Manchin\u2019s way for him to drive away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs the money worth selling our futures downriver? Is the money that green? Is it that good for you? How\u2019d that Maserati feel while you drove into us this morning? #WeWantToLive\u201d the group tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.3630136986301\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sen_JoeManchin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Sen_JoeManchin<\/a>, is the money worth selling our futures downriver? Is the money that green? Is it that good for you? How\u2019d that Maserati feel while you drove into us this morning? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeWantToLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WeWantToLive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LQzrAKjvad\">pic.twitter.com\/LQzrAKjvad<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hunger Strike 4 Climate Justice (@HungerStr1ke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HungerStr1ke\/status\/1456369024305188866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The group reported no injuries from the protest, which occurred on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of leftist climate change activists blockaded moderate Sen. Joe Manchin\u2019s (D-WV) car on Wednesday and boasted about it on social media. 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