Greta Threatens Members Of Congress: You Won’t Get Away With It

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Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg lashed out at members of Congress at a House Committee on Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on the Environment hearing on Thursday, telling representatives they won’t get away with ignoring the so-called climate crisis.

“I know I’m not the one who is supposed to ask questions here but there is something I really do wonder,” Thunberg, who is 18, said. “How long do you honestly believe that people in power like you will get away with it?”

“How long do you think you can continue to ignore the climate crisis, the global aspect of equity, and historic emissions without being held accountable,” Thunberg said.

The activist, who refused to fly to the United States to attend a United Nations climate change summit in 2019 and instead traveled in a sailboat made, in part, from fossil fuel products, went on to say young people like her will be in charge of politicians’ legacies.

“You get away with it now, but sooner or later, people are going to realize what you have been doing all this time,” Thunberg said. “That’s inevitable. You still have time to do the right thing and save your legacies.”

“But that window of time is not going to last for long,” Thunberg said. “What happens then?”

“We the young people are the ones who are going to write about you in the history books,’ Thunberg said. “We are the ones who get to decide how you will be remembered.”

“So my advice to you is choose wisely,” Thunberg said.

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