Joe Manchin blockaded in his car by climate protesters who claim he tried to run them over

[Polybius]

Source: Fox News

A group of climate change protesters boasted about blockading Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin's car on Thursday, accusing the moderate lawmaker of trying to run them over in his attempt to drive through a parking garage.

"We blockaded Joe Manchin's car and he tried to run us over," a TikTok video posted by @hungry4climatejustice showing the confrontation states.

The clip shows a group of protesters standing in front of and behind a luxury vehicle in a parking garage, holding a banner while at least one person leaned on the vehicle's hood. Others
filmed themselves while yelling at the driver. The constant sound of a car horn can be heard throughout but it was not clear if it was Manchin honking.

"This is Joe Manchin's car slowly pressing into our peaceful protesters," a person says. "We want to live! We want to live!" That phrase, along with "F--k Joe Manchin," was the rallying cry of the demonstration aimed at convincing Manchin to support President Biden's multitrillion-dollar Build Back Better spending package.


Read more: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/manchin-blockaded-in-his-car-by-climate-protestors-who-claim-he-tried-to-run-them-over

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Yeah, I know it's Fox, but the story is newsworthy and no other news media has reported this yet.

[NurseJackie]

1. That type of harassment does not win anyone to their side...

... nor is it a way to change the minds of politicians. What a ridiculous stunt. (It reminds me of that one time when one of Cenk Uygur's groups staged a sit-in at Nancy Pelosi's office... an actual ally and supporter of their cause.) Silly.

[JustAnotherGen]

20. ITA

That was poor form on their part.

[Magoo48]

29. Politicians won't change their minds on Climate Catastrophe.

What we need is this type of sustained behavior on a massive scale until all of them have to move off their greed driven, do nothing stance.

This fucker is harassing millions of people, and you’re condemning a few people for a minor direct action. WTF

[NurseJackie]

31. They were having a public temper tantrum...

... as most parents of toddlers who have temper tantrums in public will tell you, they needed to be spanked or ignored.

Were they planning on holding him hostage indefinitely? Were they expecting him to roll down his window and invite them to sit in his car and have a discussion with him? Were they expecting the skies to open up and give him a revelation from heaven beyond?

This is the type of behavior that one expects from the idiots at the Peta. Harassing people on the streets or in parking lots as they go about their lives, throwing paint on people because they wear fur coats, it may get headlines but it certainly does not win friends or sympathy for someone's cause. It just makes it easier for people to dismiss them.

That type of behavior just reinforces the widespread notion that they are fringe and kooky. They're not doing themselves any favors, nor are they helping the more rational and reasonable and mature climate change activists.

[Sapient Donkey]

32. Is that acceptable both ways?

Let's say a bunch of MAGA-types did this to AOC or Bernie Sanders? I don't know if the "but's it okay in this situation because we're right" is going to work, because they would use the exact same line of thinking.

[NurseJackie]

34. Excellent question. I'll bookmark this and check back to see if there's an intelligent response.

[LittleGirl]

2. Noooooooo, don't do that! nt

[azureblue]

18. yessssssssss do that

We have tried everything. We tried reason. We tried talking. We tried peaceful protest. We tried sending letters. We get attacked, beaten run over by the GOP side and no one says squat. Maserati Manchin only understands hings when it directly affects him. Here his constituents are, struggling to make ends meet and he is driving his effin' Maserati to his yacht club. He is lucky that getting blocked was the only thing that happened. If the roles were reversed you know the Goopers would have beaten on the car, put dents in it and more. But a Democrat does not drive a high end sports car to a yacht club and block help for desperate people.

[LittleGirl]

26. I'm with you but these actions

Can cause someone to get injured and I think it’s abusive.

Just like Dr Fauci’s daughters and families getting death threats. This is not the way.

Sorry, but I don’t want to see this.

[Magoo48]

30. Yes, do that indeed. The more the better.

[BeyondGeography]

3. What's with all the hand-wringing?

It’s a peaceful protest; nobody got hurt. So they got in his face a little…I think that’s what makes us a democracy. What the hell does Maserati Manchin expect when he makes himself face of resistance to climate change legislation? He’s a big boy and he can handle it. If it bothers you that much you can always read up on how climate change and the sense that governments are (at best) dragging their feet is starting to impact the mental health of people who will be around long after the Manchins of the world have drawn their last breath:

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[jimfields33]

4. The only thing I didn't like is the protesters lied when they said

He was driving through them. That was clearly a lie. He was not trying to run them over. Otherwise a minor incident.

[FBaggins]

5. We agree that there's a problem with their mental health

Likely making them blind to the fact that their behavior runs counter to their goals

[BeyondGeography]

6. Get used to it

Manchin has stretched a lot of people’s patience to their limit. If you want more tidy politics, you should be coming down on him.

[FBaggins]

7. Just the opposite

If they aren't satisfied with his positions then they should elect someone else.

If they can't do that, it's because people who disagree with them significantly outnumber them in the state.

They need to "get used to" the reality that they can only try to persuade him or persuade the people who elect him - and their behavior runs counter to both of those goals.

[BeyondGeography]

9. Or better yet elect more Democrats in winnable states

Which you won’t do by sneering at younger voters when they air frustrations that are increasingly deeply felt.

[FBaggins]

11. You mean the younger voters who showed up in such huge numbers on Tuesday?

Yeah... I think I'd rather focus on adult voters that don't respond well to people acting like (insert deprecatory adjective here) children

[BeyondGeography]

13. But I read on DU that we actually had good results on Tuesday

Btw, Biden won the 18-29 vote by 25 points last year, seven points better than HRC. Do you really want to see what happens to us in 2024 if those numbers recede?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

8. Next up: school boards.

That's a two-way street.

[Bayard]

19. Not going to get any better, Joe

You are seen as the face of blocking legislation that would make life better for most Americans. And killing kids' futures.

Is that a Lexus? Can't tell.

[2naSalit]

24. Pffffft! Lexus?

Not for this high flyer, it's a Maseratti. So this coal magnate is trashing the serfs while he flips them off ans wisks away in either his yacht, personal plane or his Maseratti.

Nice guy, wonder why he thinks he can be like that with no negative feedback... oh yeah, affluenza.

[XanaDUer2]

33. Maserati

Very bad look for a Democrat to drive, especially one blocking legislation that will help his own people.

Sickening

[PoliticAverse]

10. Non-Fox News story...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/climate-change-protestors-confront-joe-manchin-driving-maserati-we-want-to-live/ar-AAQkK0D

The protestors' actions were not legal.

[Mike Nelson]

12. Well...

... I agree more with the protestors on this issue, but I don't find this helpful. In fact, I think it's not going to win any votes... I doubt Sen. Manchin was trying to kill them - but, if he did, Leader Schumer should call for his arrest.

[PBC_Democrat]

14. Childish, Counter-Productive, and Possibly Illegal

Stunts like this have ZERO chances of changing anyone's mind.
They certainly have the right to protest, scream, shout, write letters, and round-up support.
They don't have the right to block him trying to leave and stage a 'getting run over' stunt.

Think about it ... how would you react to a mob blocking your exit from a confined space?

[Evolve Dammit]

15. Good Trouble. They didn't hurt anyone and didn't damage anything. They want to be heard and he

doesn't give a shit about climate or Build Back Better.

[FoxNewsSucks]

16. Agreed.

They probably didn't really delay him very long.

Shouldn't have lied about him trying to run them over, but otherwise - good for them.

[Evolve Dammit]

21. Didn't even scratch his Maserati. Maserati. Give me a guy who drives a Honda Civic for 15 years.

I'm so tired of these privileged corrupted assholes. Lot of coal miners worked their ass off to allow him to buy that. Think they will ever vote his ass out?

[FoxNewsSucks]

22. I bet this is the first time they ever saw it

or knew he had it.

Too bad they didn't show the plate, I'd like to know what state it's registered in. He probably never takes it out of the DC area.

[Evolve Dammit]

23. You gotta drive them at a buck sixty just to keep the carbon from building up. I'll take Amtrak Joe.

[JohnnyRingo]

17. That's not a "car", it's a Maserati Levante.

Most owners of the ultra-lux SUV would bristle at the term car when they paid for an upscale bespoke automobile. I've never even seen one and I bet no one else here has.
I see too when Regular Joe, the coal miner's friend, shows up on his yacht, it becomes a humble houseboat.

[2naSalit]

25. Indeed!

He's too good for we common serfs. But he's got a doublespeak way of looking humble when he thinks it works for him. So this Senator from a state with a severely depressed economy, afflicted with affluenza is finding it harder to avoid the serfs? Awww.

I'm so sick of that guy.

[El Mimbreno]

27. "Moderate" lawmaker?

I know a DINO when I see one.

[homegirl]

28. 2022 is a decision making year for Joe M.

He has to run again for his Senate seat next year. Time to make dollar contributions to any Democrat who runs against him in the primaries in West Virginia. Think I'll write a letter to the W. Va Democratic Central Committee pushing them to support anyone but Joe Manchin!

[KentuckyWoman]

35. "Libs of Tic Tok"

I keep my skepticism thank you.

I've seen multiple videos of this and no where do we actually see Manchin.
I maintain that if he really is driving the car then his entire security team should be fired.

Anything posted by someone who starts their name with "Libs" is probably full of it.

We don't know if that's him or even Elvis back from the dead. We don't even know if this was really an event or if it was staged for the video. I have no idea how any of this is "news" when there seem to be no actual facts.

[greenjar_01]

37. Cool Fox News version of the story

So transparent.