Climate activist aiming to ‘shut down’ Congressional Baseball Game says lawmakers will see more protests

WASHINGTON – A climate activist aiming to “shut down” Thursday’s Congressional Baseball Game said lawmakers will see similar protests in the future.

“They should not be playing a baseball game when” wildfires, droughts and heat waves have “created billions of dollars in damage,” the Chesapeake Climate Action Network’s federal campaigns director, Quentin Scott, told Fox News. His organization has teamed up with several others for Thursday’s protest, including ShutDown DC, Now or Never and Beyond Extreme Energy, and has posted flyers indicating their plan to “shut down” the friendly ball game.

“Failure is not an option,” Scott said. “So they’re going to continue to see actions similar to this.”

“Show up at 6 p.m. Thursday and you’ll see all the fantastic things we have planned,” he told Fox News.

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A view of the scoreboard at Nationals Park, where the annual Congressional Baseball Game is hosted.
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Democrats and Republicans square off annually for the Congressional Baseball Game in an effort to “solidify friendships off the floor and on the field,” according to the event’s official website. But Scott said Congress should instead focus on passing climate legislation.

“They shouldn’t be out having fun, actually hanging out with some of the rich polluters at this fundraiser game,” Scott told Fox News.

He said lawmakers need to instead spend their time trying to pass climate legislation.

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“Democrats are ready to vote on reconciliation with climate provisions,” Scott added. Since Sen. Joe Manchin and “the Republicans aren’t willing to vote for this, we need Democrats to get back into Congress and negotiate and find a way to overcome this.”

Senate Democrats have tried forming legislative packages with aggressive climate initiatives, but Manchin has refused to sign on, effectively killing the effort.

Chesapeake Climate Action Network Federal Campaigns Director Quentin Scott describes reasons behind groups’ protest at the Congressional Baseball Game.
(Fox News Digital/Lisa Bennatan)

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