Protests have taken place around the world calling for action to avert environmental catastrophe.
From London to Sydney, here's a look at some of the millions of people joining the global youth climate strike.
People shared some of their favorite signs on Twitter as well:
Crenshaw posted:
"If your ‘conservatism’ flirts with antisemitism, it’s not conservatism. We’re defenders of truth, not blind tribalism. You can’t save Western Civilization while echoing its oldest hatreds."
Gaetz took a shot at Crenshaw in response, posting:
"If your ‘conservatism’ flirts with interventionism, it’s not conservatism. We are defenders of America, not globalism. You can’t save Western Civilization while echoing the lies of [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu."
Crenshaw replied:
"If your 'conservatism' flirts with underage girls it’s not conservatism."
Gaetz resigned from Congress in November 2024 with designs on being MAGA Republican President Donald Trump's Attorney General.
But ethics complaints and an investigation into Gaetz transporting a 17-year-old girl across state lines for sex made the already embattled Trump—facing his own allegations of sex trafficking minors with his longtime friend Jeffrey Epstein—drop Gaetz like a hot potato.
Gaetz responded:
"Rep Crenshaw — unable to defend his policy views — resorts to a debunked smear."
"Get that $7k bro…"
@mattgaetz/X
But X users stepped in with a context community note for Gaetz, debunking his own false claim. Gaetz was never cleared—he was just never charged, unlike some of his associates, and resigned from Congress before he could be sanctioned.
X users wrote:
"Claims aren’t debunked. A bipartisan House Ethics Committee found 'substantial evidence' that Gaetz paid for sex and that he had sex with a 17-year-old in 2017."
"The committee lost jurisdiction to sanction Gaetz after he left the House, but published its findings anyway."
@mattgaetz/X
As with all X community notes, links to sources to fact-check Gaetz were included. Among them was the House Ethics Committee report on Gaetz.
It stated the House Ethics panel found "substantial evidence" that Gaetz:
People dunked on Gaetz in the comments.
Gaetz had resigned from Congress in an effort to avoid having the Ethics Committee report released after Trump announced Gaetz would be his nominee to lead the Department of Justice. The disgraced MAGA Republican even filed a lawsuit to block the release of the committee's findings.
Gaetz claimed in his 40-page court filing that what was in the House Ethics report would cause “immediate, severe and irreversible” damage to his reputation.
The report was released in December, tanking Gaetz's chances for Attorney General in an administration that campaigned on promises to release the full DOJ and FBI files gathered on Jeffrey Epstein leading to his indictment and arrest in 2019 during Trump's first term.
Trump has yet to make good on his promise.
An angry Trump, presumably bitterly watching returns from somewhere in the White House, raged:
"TRUMP WASN'T ON THE BALLOT, AND SHUTDOWN, WERE THE TWO REASONS THAT REPUBLICANS LOST ELECTIONS TONIGHT," according to Pollsters."
You can see his post below.
@realDonaldTrump/Truth Social
After openly admitting that the blame for the ongoing government shutdown—the longest in U.S. history—falls on Republicans, Trump bragged about television ratings, saying his recent 60 Minutes interview "was the highest rated 60 Minutes IN YEARS!"
@realDonaldTrump/Truth Social
He then called on Republicans to "TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER!" and "GET BACK TO PASSING LEGISLATION AND VOTER REFORM!"
@realDonaldTrump/Truth Social
And then—rather oddly—he declared, "...AND SO IT BEGINS," though what that actually meant, no one knows.
@realDonaldTrump/Truth Social
It was weird and rather pathetic—and people couldn't help but mock him in response.
In addition to his Truth Social posts, Trump discussed the election results during a White House breakfast with Republican senators.
Trump said the election "was not expected to be a victory, it was very Democrat areas, but I don't think it was good for Republicans," adding that "I'm not sure it was good for anybody. ... We learned a lot."
Regarding the filibuster, Trump warned that Republicans would “get killed” and be seen as “do-nothing” if they didn’t change the Senate rule requiring 60 votes to pass most legislation. He insisted the shutdown must end immediately, saying that eliminating the filibuster “this afternoon” would be the fastest way to do it.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters Wednesday morning that “I know where the math is on this issue in the Senate" and that getting rid of the filibuster is "just not happening."
