"While working families up and down the state were unable to afford to fill their tank with fuel, you were wasting their money on business class flights to the tune of $3,000," she added.

"It is a disgrace that you were on that guest list alongside the CEOs of fossil fuel companies, arms manufacturers and military technology companies," she said.

When fuel protesters were on the streets here, demanding that your government intervene just so they could make ends meet, you were in Washington DC spending $760 (€652.16) a night of taxpayers’ money on a luxury, five-star hotel.

While working families up and down the state were unable to afford to fill their tank with fuel, you were wasting their money on business class flights to the tune of $3,000.

It is a disgrace that you were on that guest list alongside the CEOs of fossil fuel companies, arms manufacturers and military technology companies.