The Democratic National Convention takes place in Philadelphia this week and one group is planning to get their message heard…well, if anyone can hear it over all the tooting.
A fart-in is being planned by a bunch of Bernie Sanders supports for Thursday. What is a fart-in you ask, well U.S. News and World Report breaks down what is planned on the day Hillary takes the stage…
The plan: feed beans to Democratic National Convention delegates for Bernie Sanders, and send them into the Philadelphia convention hall to show what they think of the former secretary of state.
Yes. This is a real thing that is happening in a real election.
In fact, Cheri Honkala, national coordinator for the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign, expects more beans to pour into her group’s downtown Philadelphia office.
Boxes of dry beans and heavy containers of canned beans already have arrived by mail, Honkala says, in all varieties: navy, pinto, lima and baked, with return addresses in Texas, Wisconsin and across the Rust Belt.
“Those beans will probably quadruple” after Sanders’ endorsement, Honkala says.
And while this election may not be good for the country, it looks like it is very good for the bean industry.
To get you ready for the fart-in, here is a preview of what you will see:
