Protesters behind Stop the Oil defaced the facade of the U.S. Embassy in London on Wednesday in protest against President-elect Trump. [emphasis, links added]
Hours after Trump called the 2024 election, two protesters, aged 25 and 72, “Just Stop Oil” T-shirts were spray-painted on the walls of the embassy to show their “rejection of fascism.”
The Metropolitan Police arrested two people.
“This morning, the world woke up to find that it has descended further into fascism and climate breakdown. Trump's victory puts the lives of ordinary people around the world at risk,” the group said Write about the protests online.
“A political system that can be bought off by Big Oil is of no value as we face the greatest challenge of our time. The only real winners in today’s elections are the corporate powers that control the major political parties in the US and UK.
One of Trump's top 10 donors is Energy Transfer LP, which deals in oil and gas, giving more than $10 million. However, Vice President Kamala Harris is the second-highest beneficiary of donations from gas and oil companiesAccording to OpenSecrets.org.
Harris has received more than $1.4 million from these interest groups, more than even Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.he reserved his seat on Tuesday. Texas, where Cruz is based, is the nation's largest oil producer.
America's dependence on foreign energy has been the most concerning issue of this recent cycle.
In the only debate between the two candidates, Harris boasted that she and President Joe Biden's administration had overseen “the largest increase in domestic oil production in history because we recognized that we couldn't [overly rely] “About foreign oil,” a moment that marked a shift in her tone on the topic of clean energy.
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