“What do you want? Climate justice!” led Representative Rashida Tlaib in chants with Climate Defiance activists in front of the White House Thursday afternoon, as smoke from Canadian wildfires misted the air.

“When do we want it? Now!”

The group risked arrest by protesting on the sidewalk where demonstrations aren’t allowed, some even tying their wrists to one another as they sat down.

“Don’t ignore this toxic dust!” chanted the activists. “Biden, you are killing us!”

“Our planet is on fire! Put the fire out!” they yelled, ultimately concluding without arrests after the police waited the rally out.

Tennessee State Representative Justin J. Pearson spoke out with Climate Defiance activists in front of the White House ahead of the direct action.

Pearson called out the “Military industrial congressional complex, one of the greatest institutions of environmental and climate harm in the country.”

“We have a right to breathe clean air, y’all!” said Rashida Tlaib.