Sometimes you just want a more creative way to contact your reps than clicking our Take Action button. Here are a few of the unique protests, and memorials, in recent days...
"Grab ‘em by the 10 feet high, 16 feet wide screen"
It’s just shy of a year since the release of President Donald Trump’s "grab ‘em by the pussy" Access Hollywood tape. To mark the anniversary, women’s rights group Ultraviolet projected the video on a giant screen between the White House and Washington Monument. They ran the video on repeat for 12 hours.
Today at the White House - Trump's Access Hollywood video on loop all day, one year after the release. #WeGrabBack pic.twitter.com/XuFEhaSAlt
— UltraViolet (@UltraViolet) October 6, 2017
Nasty On Blasty
After Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, San Juan’s mayor, Carmen Yulín Cruz, criticized the U.S. response, saying, "We are dying here. And I cannot fathom the thought that the greatest nation in the world cannot figure out the logistics for a small island of 100 miles by 35 miles. So, Mr. Trump, I am begging you to take charge and save lives. After all, that is one of the founding principles of the [U.S.] If not, the world will see how we are treated not as second-class citizens but as animals that can be disposed of. Enough is enough."
In response, Trump tweeted, "The Mayor of San Juan, who was very complimentary only a few days ago, has now been told by the Democrats that you must be nasty to Trump."
The mayor of San Juan appeared on Univision last week wearing a T-shirt that read "NASTY."
"Lo que es 'nasty' es que se de la espalda al pueblo puertorriqueño": alcaldesa de San Juan @CarmenYulinCruz pic.twitter.com/f0U92cln0F
— Al Punto Univision (@AlPunto) October 4, 2017
(The Spanish translates to: "What is really nasty is that anyone would turn their back on the Puerto Rican people.")
Community Cheat: Get Out Of Jail, Free
During a Senate hearing with Equifax CEO Richard Smith on the company’s massive data breach, the Baking Committee received a unique cameo: the Monopoly Man.
Rich Uncle Pennybags (his given name) couldn’t believe what his monocle was seeing as Smith discussed 143 million American consumers whose personal data was exposed by the hack.
Forced arbitration rip-off clauses give corporations like #Equifax more power than the Monopoly Man could have ever imagined. pic.twitter.com/R3pdT0KBOM
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) October 4, 2017
The part was played by Amanda Werner, who works with a consumer rights and protections advocacy group. Werner told NPR the aim was to get people to "to call their senators and tell them to vote no on S.J.Res 47." The bill would overturn a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that allows consumers to take companies to court via class-action lawsuits.
Carpenter Crafts 58 Crosses For Las Vegas Shooting Victims
Not all public displays are meant to incite, some are meant to inspire.
Greg Zanis, a carpenter from Illinois, drove 1,700 from his Aurora home to put up crosses in Las Vegas for each of the victims of the mass shooting. Police helped Zanis erect the 58 crosses in a single file line behind the "Welcome to Las Vegas Sign."
The carpenter wrote a victim’s name on each cross. He also brought Stars of Davids for Jewish victims.
"This row of crosses will show the severity of what really happened there. More so than numbers and pictures in the paper," Zanis told WGN9.
58 hearts, one for each victim killed in the Las Vegas shooting, line the turf behind the welcome sign. pic.twitter.com/obIYJEBudi
— Jackie Valley (@JackieValley) October 5, 2017
—Josh Herman
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(Photo Credit: CNN via Twitter)
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