>>> THE NEWS THAT SOME ARE CALLING REVENGE OF THE SWAMP
CREATURE
CREATURE AN ACTIVIST AFFILIATED WITH
GREEN PEACE AT THE CONFIRMATION
HEARING FOR TRUMP INTERIOR
SECRETARY NOMINEE DAVID BERN
HART
HART THE WHOLE POINT WAS TO DRAW
ATTENTION TO HIS TIES, TO ENERGY
LOBBYISTS AND RAISE THE QUESTION
WHETHER THE SWAMP WAS REALLY
DRANLD
DRANLD I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE PERSON
IN THAT MASK FROM THE HEARING
JOINS ME MOMENTARILY
SHE WAS THE SWAMP CREATETURE
ENTIRE TIME.
ENTIRE TIME. TONIGHT, THERE’S NEWS BECAUSE IT
IS THE FIRST WEEK RUNNING
INTERIOR CYNICENTIRE
INTERIOR CYNICENTIRE INTERIOR SINCE BEING CONFIRMED
AND THERE IS ALREADY A PROBE
LOOKING INTO ETHICS VIOLATIONS
REMEMBER, THEY WERE LOOKING INTO
THE LAST PERSON.
I’M JOINED NOW BY ACTIVISTS FROM
GREEN PEACE USA, IRENE KIM
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
I’M GREAT.
I’M GREAT. >> WE’LL PUT UP ON THE SCREEN
WHAT YOU WERE TO
IT WAS A POLITICAL CULTURAL
MOMENT
MOMENT WHAT WAS THIS ABOUT?
DID YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS
>> THIS WAS ABOUT SHOWING
ABSURDITY TO THIS EVENT THAT WAS
HAPPENING WITH OUR SENATE.
IT WAS TO LET OUR SENATORS KNOWS
THAT EVERYONE IS WATCHING YOU
AND LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THIS
IS A CRAZY SITUATION
SENATOR BERNHART HAS NO PLACE AS
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
I THINK WE DID SET OUT WHAT WE
WERE TRYING TO DO.
EVEN MORE SO BECAUSE IT WENT SO
VOIR
VOIR >>
>> SO VIRAL
SO VIRAL >> AND WALK US THROUGH THAT.
IS THIS A CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC
THING?
THING? HOW MUCH DOES IT MATTER TO YOU
THAT YOU WERE TRYING TO TURN OR
REFLECT THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION’S OWN LANGUAGE,
DRAINING THE SWAMP, WHICH MAY
SHOW A BIPARTISAN INTEREST IN
DOING THAT IF YOU TAKE SOME OF
HIS SUPPORTERS AT THEIR WORD,
AND YET YOUR ARGUMENT SEEMS TO
BE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE INTERIOR
AND OTHER AGENCIES, THAT IT
WORSE THAN EVER.
>> RIGHT
>> RIGHT WE REALLY WANTED TO RIF ON
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FAVORITE
SAYING THAT HE WOULD DRAIN THE
SWAMP.
SWAMP. WE THINK HE IS DOING THE
OPPOSITE OF THAT
HE IS BRINGING IN A LOT OF
SWAMPY, SWAMPY PEOPLE WHO HAVE
NO PLACE BEING IN OFFICE
I THINK THIS WAS AN ACTIVIST
MOMENT
MOMENT IT WAS MORE OF A PROFESSIONAL
TROLL MOMENT
TROLL MOMENT THERE ARE PEOPLE PUTTING THEIR
BODIES ON THE LINE AND IT WAS AN
HONOR TO BE PART OF THE
RESISTANCE
RESISTANCE >> WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT MASK,
WHO ARE WE SUPPOSED TO SEE
AN ACTIVE CHARACTER?
SOME SEE HINTS OF JAR-JAR THERE.
>> THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
ONLINE DEBATE.
ONLINE DEBATE. THESE ARE SUPPOSED THE REPRESENT
SWAMP MAST HERE’S ARE A PHANEUF
DAVID BERNHARDT WHO ARE HERE TO
SUPPORT HIS FELLOW SWAMP
MONSTERS
MONSTERS AND IT IS A WAY TO SHOW
SOLIDARITY
SOLIDARITY >> DO YOU TRAVEL WITH THE MASK
>> NO.
>> NO. I HAVE HAD IT ON THE METRO AND
NO ONE HAS STOPPED ME,
THANKFULLY
THANKFULLY >> DO YOU HAVE IT WITH YOU
>> I DO HAVE IT WITH ME.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IT
>> SURE.
>> SURE. IT IS YOUR THING
>> MY LITTLE FRIEND HERE
A LITTLE MOUTH, SOME EYES, VERY
CUTE
CUTE >> AND WHAT IS MOST SATISFYING
TO YOU
TO YOU THE RECEPTION, YOU CALL IT
TROLLING
TROLLING TROLLING IS ABOUT UPSETTING YOUR
OPPONENTS WHETHER OR NOT THERE
IS A CHANGE OF OUTCOME
>> RIGHT
>> RIGHT WE NEED TO BE THE TROLL THAT’S
WE WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD.
FOLKS ARE OUT THERE FILLED WITH
MORAL OUTRAGE AND INDIGNATION.
THIS IS A WAY TO SHOW SOME
HUMOR.
HUMOR. THE ONLY WAY WE’LL GET THROUGH
THIS IS BY LAUGHING.
>> DID YOU APPLY GANDY SOCIAL
ACTIVISM
ACTIVISM ACTIVISM
ACTIVISM >> MY BODY WAS SHAKING SO I HAD
TO MEDITATE IN THERE
BEING REALLY PEACEFUL,
NONVIOLENCE IS ALWAYS ON MY
MIND
MIND >> SURE.
>> SURE. I THINK WE KNOW ONE THING.
THAT YOU HIT YOUR MARK
A LOT OF PEOPLE NOTICED THIS
AND AS UP, I THINK WE CAN LEARN
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. YOU CAN BE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE
SERIOUS ISSUES AND TRY TO
CONNECT OR HAVE FUN.
I THINK THAT’S GREAT
MY THANKS TO YOU FOR COMING ON