'Wake Up Mitch': BLM Protesters Stage Rally Outside McConnell's KY Home
Dozens of protesters gathered outside Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's home in Louisville, Kentucky, Friday morning to support the campaign of Democrat Charles Booker, a state representative, during the state's primary election next week.
"We marched to his house this morning as the sun was rising and were there to demand that he wake up and start serving the people of Kentucky and people around this country," said Stevie O'Hanlon, communications director for the Sunrise Movement, which organized and led the action, told Newsweek.
The protest, which was met with no opposition, lasted about an hour from around 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. No members of law enforcement showed up and it was unclear whether or not McConnell or his family were home at the time, O'Hanlon said.
Sunrise, which began in 2017, aims to "stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process," according to its website. The national organization has endorsed the Senate run of Booker, who recent polls show is narrowly ahead of fellow Democratic opponent Amy McGrath, but behind McConnell.
Kentucky Sunrise chapters joined in Friday's protest, along with several local partners including KY Youth Climate Strike, Bowling Green for Peace and Louisville Black Lives Matter organizers, Fernanda Scharfenberger, state director for KY Youth Climate Strike, told Newsweek.
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