Eight climate change protesters are arrested outside Ted Cruz’s $2million Texas home after they refused to get off his lawn in hour-long standoff with police

Eight people have been arrested for trespassing during a climate change protest outside Ted Cruz’s Houston home. 

Around 70 activists staged a demonstration outside the Texas Senator’s $2million property in the ritzy River Oaks neighborhood on Monday morning, before police were called to the scene. 

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The protest was held by the Sunrise Movement, an organization advocating for political action on climate change, with video showing some of the participants sitting on Cruz’s front lawn and refusing to budge. 

Police negotiated with some of the activists for more than an hour, and threatened to take them into custody if they did not get off Cruz’s property. 

Eight of the protesters refused to yield and were arrested. 

Source: Mail Online