Bill McKibben Fails to Draw Big Crowd – or Prominent Democrats – For #BreakFreeCO Protest
Saturday May 14, 2016
National activist groups looking to revive their struggling ban-fracking agenda failed to draw a big crowd or support from Colorado’s Democrat elected officials for their Break Free CO rally, despite a headline speech from activist celebrity Bill McKibben.
Moments before catching a town car and a flight to Los Angeles to lead another protest alongside San Francisco billionaire environmental activist Tom Steyer, the 350.org co-founder addressed the scant crowd of less than 100 activists.
McKibben rushing to his L.A. appearance with billionaire environmental activist Tom Steyer
McKibben’s appearance only drew one member of Colorado’s legislature with seemingly no other state elected officials in attendance. And perhaps most telling of how extreme these groups have become, even Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.), a past ally of McKibben’s and past supporter of anti-fracking initiatives was nowhere to be seen at the event.
State Rep. Joe Salazar was the lone Colorado elected official in attendance
The lack of interest in his appearance comes...