‘More important than a low-income worker’s job’: Climate protests ‘infuriate’ commuters

By John Gage

Published September 23, 2019 5:23pm ET

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‘More important than a low-income worker’s job’: Climate protests ‘infuriate’ commuters — Brett Kavanaugh, appeals court judge, speaks after being nominated as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by U.S. President Donald Trump, not pictured, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, July 9, 2018. TrumpÂ said he would nominate Kavanaugh for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, a choice that could create the most conservative court in generations and threaten landmark rulings including the Roe v. Wade abortion-rights decision. | (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Washington, D.C., commuters were upset after their Monday morning commutes were obstructed or lengthened because of climate change protests.

“One way to get me to help your cause is to purposefully ruin my day and design a plan to cause my hellacious commute to get worse,” Grant Paulsen, a radio show host in DC said Monday on Twitter. “Who thinks ‘let’s infuriate millions of people to gain more support!'”

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