JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.v2.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="pipeline_diagram">
<svg>
<g id="node1" class="node" id="node1">
<ellipse fill="green" stroke="black" cx="200" cy="100" rx="155.771" ry="31.1127" id="e1"></ellipse>
</g>
</svg>
</div>
JavaScript
d3.select("#node1").on("click", function() {
var elem = $(this);
console.log("Pressed");
setTimeout(function(){console.log(elem); $(elem).trigger("click")}, 1000)
});