BREAKING: @SenAmyKlobuchar was just confronted at a fundraising event by a group of water protectors who SHUT DOWN her speech.
When faced with Indigenous youth questioning her inaction on Line 3, she rolled her eyes, tried to interrupt, and eventually fled the stage. #StopLine3
@SenAmyKlobuchar This isn't the first time that @amyklobuchar has been confronted on her Line 3 stance. This has happened several times already.
What's remarkable is that every single time, her response is to run away.
Amy must hate this. It's like she can't have a single expensive private event for big-money donors without it being rudely interrupted by the people her policies are killing.
The worst part is, she could end this anytime. She could come out and say #StopLine3, but she won't.
Big props to the autonomous water protectors who keep showing up to hold @SenAmyKlobuchar accountable. They're out here fighting for Indigenous rights and a livable planet while their politicians can't even look them in the eye.
That takes guts, and we're all grateful for it.
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New photo: Amy Klobuchar tried to spend the evening mingling with millionaires at a fundraiser.
Flooding in through a service entrance, Line 3 resistors shut it down.
Humiliated, Amy Klobuchar ended her speech and fled the stage.
As long as Amy Klobuchar is complicit in Line 3 destroying her own constituents and her own state, she deserves for her events to be shut down. Full stop.
Here’s the beautiful & dramatic video capturing the confrontation:
Wondering what's happening lately in the movement to #StopLine3?
Here's what's been going on in the last month. REad on for the updates. 🧵
While boring through the Mississippi River headwaters, @Enbridge spilled large quantities of drilling mud and industrial chemicals into the ecosystem. Months later, heavy rains are revealing the extent of the ecological devastation caused by the company’s negligence.
For reference- here’s a comparison of the Mississippi River headwaters before and after Line 3.
Credit to WCMCoop for the first photo and Ron Turney for the second.
Update: we will occupy the Capitol en masse. And we will hold the ground as long as it takes. Join us and share widely. #PeopleVsFossilfuels
Update: we are right now blockading the road to the Capitol. Police swarming in by the dozen. Youth climate activists holding the ground with fierceness & with love.
Update: police preparing to make arrests in the streets. They just issued the third and final warning. Paddy wagons have arrived on the scene. Follow along for live updates as this develops.
After nearly 8 years of fierce resistance, we learned that Line 3 will become operational this weekend.
This fight is not over, only shifted, so it's a good time for a refresher: what is Line 3, why should it be stopped, and how can you help? A thread 🧵 (1/9)
Line 3 is a pipeline that crosses 200+ bodies of water and treaty land in northern Minnesota. It's set to carry over half a million barrels of tar sands oil per day from Alberta, Canada through ND, MN, and WI, before being shipped across the country. (2/9)
.@Enbridge claims Line 3 is a "replacement" for another pipeline that has carried oil through MN for decades, but its capacity is nearly 2x that of the old. It also has a brand new route that is rich with pristine wildlife and water bodies including the Mississippi River. (3/9)