Dozens of American teenagers occupied the office of the top Republican politician to protest against a looming US government shutdown that they say will exacerbate the climate crisis.
The Sunrise Movement, a nationwide youth environmental campaign, said around 30 of its members flooded inside House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's office while over 100 more crowded the hallway outside."Our generation is on the front lines of this crisis," Ariela Lara, 17, a high school senior from the Bay Area in California, said.
Brandishing signs that read"The GOP Hates Gen Z" - a reference to the Republicans'"Grand Old Party" moniker - the activists made speeches and sang protest songs during their half-hour"occupation" of Mr McCarthy's office. Demonstrators said they were warned by police to move on, and that the detentions came after much of the group continued to block access to the doorway.The US government is expected to shut down this weekend, meaning potentially millions of federal employees sent home or working without pay, with Congress paralysed by demands for spending cuts from the Republican right and unable to pass a budget for 2024.
— Sunrise Movement 🌅 September 28, 2023 The Sunrise Movement has voiced concerns over funding for emergency disaster relief and pro-climate provisions in President Joe Biden's signature Inflation Reduction Act.
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