 Well, it happened once again both Joe Manchin and Kirsten Sonoma were confronted in public by their constituents and This is really important. Even if they don't necessarily budge whenever an activist approaches them I do still think that it's important to showcase this because direct pressure is I think The best form of activism when you are in the ear of a politician and you directly make your case to them and put pressure on them Now before I show you the first video, which is of Joe Manchin being confronted by a climate activist I want to give you a little bit of context because there are five climate activists who have been on a hunger strike outside of the White House Now for days urging the Democratic Party to take action on a climate change and not allow People like Joe Manchin to water down the Build Back Better Act So what you're gonna see is one of these climate activists who is on a hunger strike They had an opportunity to confront Joe Manchin and as you're gonna see he kind of engages with them He tries to placate them and set up an appointment, which you know, they expect him to not get back to them But take a look at what happens here We can't get in a meeting we've been calling we're trying to get a meeting So watching that was incredibly disheartening but yet I mean his response was predictable He had no concern for the future that he is depriving this young person of and He constantly just tried to reiterate look call my office will set up a meeting They knew that he was just trying to get them off of his back He had no interest in actually engaging further with this individual It's just when you're put on the spot and there are cameras in your face You want to try to find some way to make the yelling and the pressure stop But they know that they had that limited window of opportunity and once it's gone. It's never coming back He's not gonna meet with them. So, you know, um that person said I'm going to grow up in a catastrophic climate emergency if you continue to block the civilian climate core and Really, they made a strong case for their own survival and to see Joe Manchin not really care Again, not surprising in the slightest, but they said I have dreams young people have dreams. I want to live young people want to live and You know, he tried to deflect and bring up the emissions of Asia We're not in Asia. We can't control what governments in Asia do we can control what our government that's supposed to be representing us does and What makes this entire situation even more disheartening is when you consider the fact that Democratic Party loyalists more centrist neo-liberal figures like Sally Albright was actually making fun of these young people going on strike Over climate change. I mean, it's it's easy for you to say that when you're going to be able to live Hopefully if you're lucky a lengthy life and die of old age But people now who are growing up zoomers and millennials We're gonna die because of climate change And if we're lucky enough to survive and become as old as you are Then I mean, what are we gonna be witnessing climate apocalypse wars over water? Increasing fascism due to the refugee crises that climate change is going to inevitably cause It's just I have no time for these people who are dismissing these climate activists Now I know what you're thinking that what Joe mentioned did there that was really it was cold He was overly dismissive. He obviously tried to placate them and he was seemingly distant, but that is actually Preferable when you juxtapose that interaction with this interaction that we're going to see when Kirsten cinema was approached in an airport while she was having a conversation with Tim Scott and She was much much worse when it comes to her response or lack thereof I Can have them meet you next People are suffering your constituents are suffering. What are you gonna do about climate change next week in Glasgow could be the last chance Please answer me senator my family my house ever come to this on working situation That man at the end that thanked Tim Scott That really I don't know what it was about that but it triggered me it it's bleak shit, right? It made me go even more doomer. I mean Tim Scott is a Republican politician. He's a corporatist What are you thanking him for? Standing up to Democrats when it comes to this manufactured culture war that the Republican Party is propagating this because they're trying to distract you from the real issues It's just awful, but I mean getting to the real subject here Kirsten cinema She refused to even acknowledge that person who was making a pretty compelling case as to why maybe you should have a Conversation with us because it's really easy to get a hold of you if we donated lots of money to your campaign But Kirsten Sonoma didn't even acknowledge her existence and the only time when Kirsten Sonoma did acknowledge her She said don't touch me You can see that she didn't touch Kirsten Sonoma in that video that was obvious But I think maybe her arm or her hand brushed up against Kirsten Sonoma and immediately Kirsten Sonoma just recoils She doesn't want any peasant germs on her the fact that they're breathing her airspace is offensive to her I mean Kirsten Sonoma is just one of the worst and what this person is saying Isn't controversial. Hey meet with us in the same way you meet with corporate lobbyists and your donors Maybe have a conversation with your constituents that person is a constituent of Kirsten Sonoma and she said you know, I Want to make sure that we do something about climate change your constituents are suffering What are you gonna do about climate change and next week in Glasgow could be the last chance that we have and You know, the only response that we get from Kirsten Sonoma with regard to the substance aside from her saying don't touch me is Sorry about that, but she says this to Tim Scott It's just it's awful and since we're talking about Kirsten Sonoma and her being confronted in public I've got to give you an update that's gonna make you feel even worse about this situation Because you'll probably recall the bathroom protesters at ASU Well, it turns out the situation has gotten worse But not for Kirsten Sonoma for the protesters who dared to ask her to Help them which is what she was elected to do after they got her elected Caroline Vakil of the Hill reports Police from Arizona State University where cinema teachers are recommending that four people involved in the incident Received misdemeanor charges related to disruption of an educational institution and disorderly conduct the Arizona Republic reported Adam Wolf a spokesperson for the university's police told the Hill in a statement that the ASU police department has completed its Investigation and submitted charges to the Maricopa County attorney's office So because they dared to ask Kirsten Sonoma questions Persistently, but this is a lawmaker because they dared to ask her questions now. There's this recommendation of charges Now Kirsten Sonoma Hated this she put out a statement basically trying to make it seem as if her students were victimized when that's clearly not the case But if Kirsten Sonoma had even a shred of decency in her She would come out and denounce this and say listen, I understand that emotions are high there's a lot at stake and I don't approve of what these protesters did following me into the bathroom was too much I don't appreciate that but I don't want them to be prosecuted That's the least that she can do if she were a half decent person but we know she's not gonna do that because she wants any peasant who dare challenge her publicly to Go away if they have to be jailed. So be it. This is truly the worst of the worst So between Kirsten Sonoma and Joe Manchin Substantively, they're both they're both horrible. They're equally culpable in killing this agenda The Democratic Party was united in getting through but now they've watered it down and they're still being smug and Elitist as they do it but Kirsten Sonoma Somehow just finds a way to go above and beyond in her cruelty and doesn't even try to placate the person who's trying to have a Conversation with her. I mean what Joe Manchin does it's not enough But to even attempt to converse with someone that shows that you at least have the bare minimum Recognition of that person's humanity, but Kirsten Sonoma won't even go that far So, I mean, yeah, I assume that these public confrontations are going to continue to happen So long as they're necessary because when you cut off the line of communication between you and your constituents They're gonna have to find alternative ways of reaching you and this is one of them and guess what? It's effective it gets your attention. So they're gonna keep resorting to this so long as you keep ignoring them