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Vermont Governor Interrupted by Climate Change Protesters – For Almost 20 Minutes

Red-T-shirt-clad. rhythmically chanting climate change protesters interrupted Vermont Governor Phil Scott's annual State of the State address at the Vermont State House and delayed it by 19 minutes 40 seconds on Thursday. Scott had just said, "We meet at a time in our nation's history when too many elected officials, on both sides, are choosing confrontation and partisan politics over collaboration and progress" – 56 seconds into the speech – when a leader of the protest by a group called Extin

Red-T-shirt-clad. rhythmically chanting climate change protesters interrupted Vermont Governor Phil Scott's annual State of the State address at the Vermont State House and delayed it by 19 minutes 40 seconds on Thursday. Scott had just said, "We meet at a time in our nation's history when too many elected officials, on both sides, are choosing confrontation and partisan politics over collaboration and progress" – 56 seconds into the speech – when a leader of the protest by a group called Extin…