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Incidents of objects being thrown at politicians

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Replica of the shoe thrown at U.S. president George W. Bush during a speech in Iraq

In various countries, objects have been thrown at politicians for reasons varying from comedic to harmful.

Australia

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Belgium

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  • On June 17, 2013, State Secretary for Asylum and Migration Maggie De Block was hit in the face with plates carrying whipped cream and ketchup by two activists. They responded to her immigration policy labeling it "fascist, destructive and inhumane".[8]
  • On December 22, 2014, Prime Minister Charles Michel was attacked with French fries and mayonnaise by two masked members of Lilith, an international feminist activist group. They were protesting financial cuts. A packet of French fries was first thrown over the prime minister and was immediately followed by several squirts of mayo.[9]

Canada

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France

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Germany

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Greece

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Guatemala

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Hong Kong

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  • In 2008, Hong Kong politician Raymond Wong Yuk-man threw a bunch of bananas at Chief Executive Donald Tsang in protest of plans to introduce a means test for Old Age Allowance payments (colloquially known as "fruit money").[27][28]
  • In 2013, a protester threw a stuffed wolf toy at Leung Chun-ying, as both a criticism of his perceived cunningness, and as a pun on his name and the Chinese word for wolf (the transliterated name given to the stuffed toy by IKEA also sounds similar to a Cantonese profanity).[28][29]
  • People have also thrown dorayaki at lawmakers in the past, as an accusation of lying (the fictional character Doraemon uses dorayaki to get people to tell the truth).[28]

Ireland

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Italy

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Japan

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Netherlands

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  • On March 15, 2002, Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn had a cake thrown in his face during a book presentation in The Hague by an activist shouting "Up towards zero seats!" Fortuyn at the time was poised to win in large numbers at the upcoming national election. It is unknown what the cake was made of; claims that there were feces in it, were never proven. In the aftermath of the murder of Fortuyn, two months later, three people were arrested in connection to the cake incident.

New Zealand

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Spain

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Sri Lanka

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Sweden

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United Kingdom

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1970s

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2000s

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2010s

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2020s

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United States

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1910s

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  • On August 14, 1908, Eugene W. Chafin was giving a speech in Springfield, Illinois, when a lynch mob started a riot and while he was taking his handkerchief out from his pocket a member of the mob believed that he was pulling a gun out and threw a brick at him.[59]
  • A cabbage was thrown at William Howard Taft while campaigning by a heckler. Taft responded: "I see that one of my opponents has lost its head."[60]

1950s

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1960s

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1970s

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1990s

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2000s

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2010s

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Vermin Supreme glitter bombs Randall Terry at Saint Anselm College.

2020s

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Venezuela

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See also

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References

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