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'Get the f*** outta here!': Furious NYC drivers confront radical left-wing environmentalists blocking morning rush hour
Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @ScooterCasterNY, composite

'Get the f*** outta here!': Furious NYC drivers confront radical left-wing environmentalists blocking morning rush hour

Radical left-wing environmentalists blocked Monday morning rush hour roads in New York City, igniting fury among Manhattan motorists looking to get to work.

What are the details?

Northbound lanes of FDR Drive were closed at Jackson Street in Manhattan before 9 a.m., WPIX-TV reported.

Video cameras captured the road blocking as it unfolded:

Extinction Rebellion NYC was behind the stunt, the station said, adding that the group was calling on President Joe Biden to push environmental reforms with the "Build Back Better" plan. Biden was scheduled to visit New Jersey Monday to pitch the plan, WPIX added.

Content warning: Language:

Angry drivers

In one clip, irate drivers exited their vehicles to confront the protesters face-to-face.

"You guys work?" one motorist hollered. "We got things to do!"

Another driver kicked and tossed the group's orange cones, yelling at them to "get the f*** outta here!"

"I f***in' work, man!" the first motorist yelled.

Also a woman emerged from her vehicle to implore the protesters to move so she could take her child to school.

(Content warning: Language):

"If we do not act today, if @potus does not act today, NYC will be underwater by 2100," the group tweeted. "It's a matter of life and death."

Motorists were advised to expect delays and consider alternate routes, WPIX reported.

More from the station:

Another protest near West 34th Street and 12th Avenue blocked all southbound lanes the same time, according to Notify NYC. Those lanes reopened around 10 a.m.

It was not immediately clear if the protest on the west side of Manhattan is connected to the protest on the FDR Drive.

WPIX — citing the city's emergency management department — noted that roadways reopened as of 10:45 a.m.

Anything else?

Extinction Rebellion has created public disruptions for a number of years to get its agenda across. On Earth Day this past April the group dumped manure near the White House to protest Biden's "bulls**t" environmental plan.

But their antics typically have made them look even more foolish:

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