Hundreds of young protesters confront McConnell over Green New Deal
by Emily Holden in Washington from Environment | The Guardian on (#49WBY)
Activists condemn Republican Senate leader for 'lining your pockets while we die in floods' and demand climate action
Hundreds of youth climate activists marched on Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell's Washington office and 42 of them were arrested by police, according to organizers.
The protesters - who planned for the arrests - were led with their hands behind their backs to a police bus as supporters chanted: "Which side are you on now? Which side are you on?" They filled the Republican leader's office and the hallway outside, with constituents from his home state of Kentucky telling stories about poverty and their fears of the human cost of climate change.
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