Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton had to deal with climate change hecklers during a town hall meeting in New Hampshire Thursday.
Before the heckling began, Clinton was challenged on her stance on climate change by a young woman, who asked if Clinton’s “refusal to take leadership on climate change” was “due to the fact that you have contributions from the fossil fuel industry in your campaign.”
“We have to change our energy policy,” Clinton responded. “I have been clear about that, I have been repeatedly clear about that. We also have to do it in a way that also doesn’t disrupt our economy. It’s really easy to say, “yeah, let’s ban all these fossil fuel extractions,” and forget about all the people who are employed, who have jobs, who rely on the energy.”
A few activists in the crowd were apparently not pleased with her answer. Another woman stood up and began shouting, before beginning a chant of “Act on climate!”
“That’s okay, that’s okay” Clinton shouted over the activists’ heckling. “I’m all in favor of acting on climate.”
Watch, via ABC News:
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