Cori Bush cheers on children participating in a 'Hunger Strike 4 Climate Justice'

Greg P. | 8:30 AM on October 21, 2021

Rep. Cori Bush cheered on these five children participating in the Sunrise Movement’s “Hunger Strike 4 Climate Justice” in the hope that their sacrifice will force President Joe Biden to fund the Green New Deal:

Young people are literally putting their lives on the line for climate action while some Members of Congress won’t even risk a penny of their corporate PAC money to back climate investments.

We need a Green New Deal now more than ever.

Love and solidarity, @sunrisemvmt 💜 https://t.co/vYz6Vye2bZ

— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) October 20, 2021

“A better world is possible – one with clean air, clean water, clean energy, and good jobs that build our country with justice, care, and love,” they said:

Every year is the hottest on record. We’re losing our homes and loved ones to fires and floods. This climate crisis is a political choice. A better world is possible – one with clean air, clean water, clean energy, and good jobs that build our country with justice, care, and love

— Hunger Strike 4 Climate Justice (@HungerStr1ke) October 20, 2021

And they will continue the hunger strike under their demand are met:

And we will continue to hunger strike until our demands are met by @POTUS

Keep your climate commitments Biden. For justice, for good jobs, for us and the hundreds of millions of lives with a stake in your choice as President of the United States on climate action. https://t.co/4YexBiQNW3

— Hunger Strike 4 Climate Justice (@HungerStr1ke) October 21, 2021