Bernie Sanders supporters who lost their appetite when the progressive darling endorsed presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton on Tuesday may find comfort in a can of beans.
As part of a protest being planned for the Democratic convention later in the month, organizers are collecting beans to feed Sanders delegates to create a digestive chain reaction the night Clinton is expected to officially receive the party’s nomination.
Despite Sanders’ call for unity within the Democratic Party Tuesday, the planned “fart-in” will show “the level of absolute disgust that we’re at – we think we’re going to remember 2016 as the year we begin to bury the two corporate political parties,” said Cheri Honkala, national coordinator for the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign, according to U.S. News & World Report.
“It’s really a shame – this whole thing does stink. Democrats and Republicans are like Pepsi and Coke. They listen to corporations and they don’t listen to anti-poverty activists,” Honkala added.
Beans of many varieties are being collected at the group’s downtown Philadelphia office, Honkala said, from places all across the country.
Feeding stations are being planned in the “Clintonville” camp in northern Philly, as well as at the group’s office not far from the main event.
