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malaise

(269,144 posts)
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 05:41 PM Jan 2017

Topless feminist protester attacks Donald Trump waxwork

Femen activist reportedly held on to statue’s crotch shouting ‘grab patriarchy by the balls’

Video at link
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/17/topless-feminist-protestor-femen-donald-trump-waxwork
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A topless activist from the feminist group Femen attacked a lifesize statue of Donald Trump during an unveiling ceremony at a waxwork museum in Madrid.

The woman reportedly pushed past security ropes and placed her hand on the statue’s crotch while screaming “grab patriarchy by the balls”.

Museum staff spent several minutes trying to restrain the woman before eventually bundling her out through a back door.

The activist group claimed responsibility for the protest on Twitter, saying: “Femen just grabbed Trump’s statue by the balls in Madrid.”

In a recording leaked in October, Trump spoke of grabbing women “by the pussy”.

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Topless feminist protester attacks Donald Trump waxwork (Original Post) malaise Jan 2017 OP
Was this the "special welcome" referred to in the story? guillaumeb Jan 2017 #1
Hehehehehhe malaise Jan 2017 #2
It was performance art. eom guillaumeb Jan 2017 #4
excellent Rustyeye77 Jan 2017 #3
Hahaha!!!!! Megahurtz Jan 2017 #7
"grab patriarchy by the balls" Rustyeye77 Jan 2017 #10
The MUSIC they should have been playing in the background... yuiyoshida Jan 2017 #11
She had a small target to grab NewJeffCT Jan 2017 #5
Hahahaha Megahurtz Jan 2017 #6
Great photo: pinboy3niner Jan 2017 #8
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! malaise Jan 2017 #9

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
1. Was this the "special welcome" referred to in the story?
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 05:55 PM
Jan 2017
Gonzalo Presa, head of communications at the museum, called the protest “unpleasant” and said he had hoped to give Trump a “special welcome” from Madrid.


It sounded very special to me.
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