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June 7, 2023

Activists Shut Down Manchin Talk at D.C. Event over Climate Destruction, Mountain Valley Pipeline
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Activists from the direct action group Climate Defiance stormed a talk
hosted by the news site Semafor in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, shutting
down Senator Joe Manchin's keynote address.

Rylee Haught: "How did he win this? It's because he takes the most money
from fossil fuel corporations."

Protester: "He has received over $1 million just in the last year alone
from fossil fuel interests. He's the number one recipient of fossil fuel
money in Congress."

Rylee Haught: "Twenty-three days on hunger strike because we did
everything we're supposed to. … I knocked on thousands of doors. I
talked to hundreds of West Virginians. I did everything I was supposed
to."

Manchin was promoting so-called permitting reform, which allows for the
fast-tracking of fossil fuel projects. The recently passed debt limit
deal gave the greenlight to expedite the 300-plus-mile-long fracked gas
Mountain Valley Pipeline through West Virginia and Virginia.


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