Report: Joe Manchin ‘Accosted’ by Protesters: ’My Family Is Dying from the Climate Crisis’Wendell Husebø 26 Oct 2021
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Tuesday was reportedly “accosted” by protesters wanting to rearrange the United States’ economy to end what many allege is a human-made “climate crisis.”
A NBC reporter tweeted Manchin was “accosted by climate activists upset with him” as he left the capitol building for refusing certain economy altering provisions in the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package.
“Why are you blocking the climate bill?” they reportedly shouted at Manchin. “We really need this bill,” they continued.
“Senator, my family is dying from the climate crisis,” another reportedly said.
One protester reportedly asked Manchin if he was a hero for the residents of West Virginia. “I sure am,” he replied.
Manchen then confronted the protesters as they interrupted him. Manchin pleaded with the crowd to allow him to speak without interruption.
“If you want to be quiet for a second, I can talk to you. …The United States does more than any nation on Earth to clean up our environment. We have basically reduced emissions in the last 10 years more than anybody else.” he said.
“[You] can’t eliminate but you can innovate your way to” a better climate, the NBC reporter recalled Manchin’s words.
Manchin also reportedly told the throng the majority of the pollution in the world is generated from Asia, thus it is “not fair” to expect the U.S. to resolve the problem by negatively altering its economy.
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