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Left-wing Shutdown DC protest blocks traffic around nation's capital | ||
2021-12-08 | ||
[FoxNews] Demonstrators' causes include climate change, immigration, voting rights, health care and racial justice. A left-wing protest in Washington, D.C., is blocking traffic in the nation's capital to demonstrate against an administration and lawmakers they believe have failed them by not delivering on various promises. The initiative, dubbed "Shutdown DC," is a joint effort from several activist organizations that are each conducting blockades at different spots near the Capitol building. "On Dec. 7, as Congress returns to the Capitol for the last week of the 2021 legislative calendar, we’re going to take bold direct action to demand that Congress and the administration take action to pass the programs that they promised us and we voted for," said a message on the Shutdown DC website. "We’re taking to the streets to shut down the backroom meetings and political theater that have failed to deliver the progress that our communities need." The groups involved include SPACES In Action, Extinction Rebellion DC, Chesapeake Climate Action Network Action Fund, Code Pink. Demonstrators are advocating causes including climate change, immigration reform, voting rights, D.C. statehood, health care and racial justice.
According to conservative podcaster Lyndey Fifield, the blockades did more than just draw attention to their causes: they also got in the way of World War II veterans looking to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, which took place on Dec. 7, 1941. Related: Extinction Rebellion: 2021-12-03 Extinction Rebellions threatens to blow up pipelines, kill politicians Extinction Rebellion: 2021-11-26 Activists strike world's largest e-tailer on Black Friday Extinction Rebellion: 2021-11-07 Climate Activists Call for 'End of Capitalism,' 'Black Liberation,' Abolition of Police | ||
Posted by:Skidmark |
#6 Not much of a shut down, protest poorly attended. |
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed 2021-12-08 09:13 |
#5 It is true your wallet is safest when Congress is not in session... |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-12-08 09:08 |
#4 pretty cold yesterday in DC; blocking traffic couldn't have been pleasant for the demonstrators - wonder if anyone brought them coffee |
Posted by: Lord Garth 2021-12-08 09:06 |
#3 You Deep State supported this for the rest of us, now take your share |
Posted by: Frank G 2021-12-08 06:32 |
#2 "Shutdown DC" And the downside is.....? |
Posted by: Besoeker 2021-12-08 00:56 |
#1 There is some family research I have been wanting to do at the National Archives in DC, but in view of recent events, I've decided to stay far away from that area for the duration. |
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-12-08 00:45 |