Manchin’s Victory Lap on Mountain Valley Pipeline Disrupted by Climate Protesters
- Senator retreats to back room at permitting reform summit
- Manchin secured language to expedite approval of gas pipeline
Steve Clemons yells at protestors to get off the stage during an appearance by Joe Manchin in Washington DC on June 6.
Photographer: Eric Kayne/Zuma Press Wire/AP
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Climate activists stormed the stage during remarks in Washington by Senator Joe Manchin, interrupting his comments about securing the contested Mountain Valley pipeline in the debt-ceiling deal.
Manchin eventually retreated to a back room to finish his remarks at a permitting reform summit held by the digital media company Semafor in Washington after about two dozen protesters with the group Climate Defiance barged onto the stage.