Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell called for the removal of left-wing climate change activists who interrupted his speech on Thursday before the International Monetary Fund.
In footage going viral on social media, Powell was discussing inflation at the meeting in Washington DC as a leftist protester barged in complaining politicians are dooming future generations by not taking climate change seriously.
The feed then cut as security approached Powell, at which point the Fed chair can be heard telling someone, “Just close the fucking door,” as the protester was ushered out of the meeting.
This marks the second time the Fed Chair has faced disruptions during a public speech in as many months, after he was escorted off stage at the Economic Club of New York in October in similar fashion.
Barron’s reports Powell’s speech revolved around making the case for “keeping the door wide open for another interest-rate increase should inflation stay high and economic growth remain strong.”
Powell said the Fed “is committed to achieving a stance of monetary policy that is sufficiently restrictive to bring inflation down to 2% over time.”
“We are not confident that we have achieved such a stance,” he said according to Reuters.
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