These kids are furious with “Petro Pete.”
According to a Newsmax report, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was run out of an event by climate protesters who called him ” Petro Pete” and screamed demands to his face.
Buttigieg was speaking at iMPACT MARYLAND at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore.
“Your [Department of Transportation] just approved the Seaport Oil Terminal, a project that will have 80 coal plants’ worth of greenhouse gas emissions and will worsen air quality in areas that already live in cancer clusters. This is about environmental racism, and it’s about the climate impacts this project will have,” a protester told Buttigieg.
From Newsmax:
The group behind the protest, Climate Defiance, released footage showing Buttigieg attempting to speak with the protesters before he eventually had to leave the stage and be escorted away by security.
The protesters tried to follow him offstage, chanting, “Stop S.P.O.T. and GulfLink, stop Petro Pete,” but were prevented from going backstage, The Washington Examiner reported.
“Think about why he said he can’t ‘speak off the cuff’ on climate. Please! We’re ready to! We’re happy to have a conversation with Secretary Pete,” one protester said.
Climate Defiance, in a post on X, called Buttigieg “craven and corrupted” and accused him of “destroying entire communities to enrich his fossil fuel cronies.” The group also claimed one of the protesters present had been a volunteer for Buttigieg’s 2020 presidential campaign.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was interrupted by climate protesters chanting "Stop Petro Pete" and "End Fossil Fuels Pete" during an event on Wednesday, The Washington Examiner reported. https://t.co/vIaFtMrJCf
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) October 11, 2023
