ICYMI: Radical Rutinel Stormed Field to Protest Fossil Fuels

Out of touch Democrat Manny Rutinel is being called out for his radical anti-fossil fuel activism while running for Congress in Colorado’s 8th congressional district which is “responsible for 4 percent of all US crude oil output.”

“Hey hey, ho ho, Manny Rutinel will never be a member of Congress.” – NRCC Spokesman Zach Bannon

Read more from The Washington Free Beacon here or see excerpts below:

Colorado Dem Running in Major Oil-Producing District Was Arrested for Storming a Yale Football Game To Protest Fossil Fuels
Washington Free Beacon
Andrew Kerr
March 7, 2026

Colorado Democrat Manny Rutinel and dozens of other protesters stormed the Yale Bowl during halftime at a Yale-Harvard football game in November 2019 to demand the schools divest from fossil fuels. Rutinel and his fellow protesters accused the universities of being “complicit in climate injustice” as they chanted “hey hey, ho ho, fossil fuels have got to go,” delaying the game by nearly an hour.

Just six years later, Rutinel is now leading a crowded field of Democrats in the race for Colorado’s Eighth Congressional District, home to an expansive oil and natural gas field that makes Colorado the fourth-largest oil-producing state in the country.

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Rutinel is no stranger to receiving lavish praise from the far-left flanks of the Democratic Party. His protest at the Yale Bowl in 2019 received national media coverage and garnered support from Sens. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), both of whom praised the protesters for standing “up for justice” and taking “bold action” against the existential threat of climate change.

Rutinel was charged with disorderly conduct for taking part in the protest, which was organized by the Yale Endowment Justice Collective, a student organization that has called on Yale to divest from Israel.

“I think we’re in the midst of a climate crisis and Yale is sitting on their hands and failing to act on the biggest issue of our time,” Rutinel told the New Haven Register, adding that he believed his actions would force Yale’s hand to divest from fossil fuels.

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