- June 24, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
A Minnesota business owner is defending his construction site after hundreds of “hypocritical” protesters stormed in and destroyed his property.
Matt Gordon, vice president of his family’s construction company in Mahnomen, Minnesota, and a member of the White Earth Nation tribe, told “Fox & Friends” Wednesday, environmental protesters – some claiming to speak for Native Americans – vandalized his company’s equipment.
“It’s very hypocritical to travel somewhere to protest oil when you’re using…gas and diesel-powered vehicles,” Gordon remarked. “Then when you do get there, you end up destroying equipment, leaving debris and garbage all over, most of them plastic products from water bottles and packaging.”
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