Delivery of Monsanto’s Minions Awards and Money Drop
Posted: October 10th, 2013 | Filed under: Photos, Press, Video | Tags: Alexis Baden-Mayer, ballot initiative, Barbara Mikulski, Biotechnology Industry Awards Committee, Capitol Hill, Congress, David Cicilline, Demonstration, Elizabeth Warren, Farm Bill, Fred Upton, gmo, GMO Labeling, Hal Rogers, Hart, Initiative 522, Mark Udall, Money Drop, Monsanto, Monsanto Minion Awards, Monsanto Protection Act, Protest, Roy Blunt, Senate, Steve King, Thad Cochran, Washington, youtube |Shouting "Monsanto money!" activists protest #Monsanto and GMOs at Hart Senate Office Building pic.twitter.com/sTL06l2vRV
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The action went viral and resulted in quite a bit of good press about this weekend’s march:
- Yahoo News – Monsanto protesters toss money off balcony in Senate office
- Huffington Post – Occupy Monsanto Protest Tossed Real Piles Of Money Around Congress
- Daily Mail UK – Well at least there’s SOME money left in government: Activists are arrested for showering U.S. Senate building with $2,000
- DCist – Capitol Sweepstakes: Protesters Throw A Bunch Of Money Around Senate Hart Building
- RT – Anti-Monsanto protesters dump bags of cash in Senate building
- New York Daily News – Large pile of money shows up at U.S. Senate building as prop for protests
- Washington Examiner – Protesters arrested after dumping bags of money at Senate building
- NBC Washington – Dollar Bills Dumped in Senate Building, 3 Arrested
- Associated Press – Hemp Activists Dump Cash on Capitol Hill