Article 4V9AC Hunger strikers target Pelosi in push for Democrats to take action on climate crisis

Hunger strikers target Pelosi in push for Democrats to take action on climate crisis

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Emily Holden in Washington
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Activists occupy speaker's office to mark start of hunger strike and to demand that she meet with them for an hour on camera

Young activists frustrated and frightened by Democrats' inaction on the climate crisis occupied the office of the top Democrat in Congress on Monday to mark the beginning of a hunger strike.

Roughly a dozen strikers with Extinction Rebellion are taking part in a global climate hunger strike that nearly 300 people have pledged to join.

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