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Anti-vaccine activist throws menstrual cup at California lawmakers, prompting evacuation [View all]
Source: Sacramento Bee
Anti-vaccine activist throws menstrual cup at California lawmakers, prompting evacuation
BY HANNAH WILEY
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 06:10 PM, UPDATED 45 MINUTES AGO
An anti-vaccine activist who traveled to the Capitol to protest on the final day of the legislative year threw an unknown red substance on the desks of Senate lawmakers on Friday afternoon, prompting a quick recess and an immediate evacuation of the chambers.
The protesters were watching the Senate from the upstairs balcony, according to lawmakers, when a woman hurled a red liquid that landed on senators’ desks, yelling “that’s for the dead babies.”
“A few minutes ago, the anti-vaxxer stalkers – who’ve engaged in a harassment campaign all week – dropped a red substance onto the Senate floor from the elevated public gallery, dousing several of my colleagues,” state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, wrote on Twitter. “These anti-vaxxers are engaging in criminal behavior. They’ve now repeatedly assaulted senators and are engaging in harassing and intimidating behavior every single day, as we try to do the people’s work. They’re a cancer on the body politic and are attacking democracy.”
Sen. Steve Glazer, D-Orinda, posted a photo of what appeared to be a bloody menstrual cup on the floor of the state Senate. He said he and five other senators were hit by the liquid.
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BY HANNAH WILEY
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 06:10 PM, UPDATED 45 MINUTES AGO
An anti-vaccine activist who traveled to the Capitol to protest on the final day of the legislative year threw an unknown red substance on the desks of Senate lawmakers on Friday afternoon, prompting a quick recess and an immediate evacuation of the chambers.
The protesters were watching the Senate from the upstairs balcony, according to lawmakers, when a woman hurled a red liquid that landed on senators’ desks, yelling “that’s for the dead babies.”
“A few minutes ago, the anti-vaxxer stalkers – who’ve engaged in a harassment campaign all week – dropped a red substance onto the Senate floor from the elevated public gallery, dousing several of my colleagues,” state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, wrote on Twitter. “These anti-vaxxers are engaging in criminal behavior. They’ve now repeatedly assaulted senators and are engaging in harassing and intimidating behavior every single day, as we try to do the people’s work. They’re a cancer on the body politic and are attacking democracy.”
Sen. Steve Glazer, D-Orinda, posted a photo of what appeared to be a bloody menstrual cup on the floor of the state Senate. He said he and five other senators were hit by the liquid.
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Read more: https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article235084637.html
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