On March 11, 1993, Liberal leader John Hewson was pelted with eggs, soft drink cans, apples, tomatoes and broccoli during a rally in front of Brisbane city hall, with Hewson catching one of the eggs.[2]
On November 4, 2010, John Howard was delivering a speech about leadership in the new century at the University of Cambridge when an Australian student called him a racist before taking off his boot and throwing it in his direction.[4]
On June 14, 2015, David Sprigg threw his shoes at Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton in Brisbane, later saying, "I think he should be ashamed for what his government is doing and how asylum seekers are being treated in detention centres. When they use language like 'queue jumpers' and 'illegal arrivals', I think they're really just turning the public against refugees."[5]
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]
On August 20, 1982, rocks, eggs, and tomatoes were thrown on a train that then-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau was riding on, resulting in a broken window.[10]
On May 4, 2017, while campaigning in Dol-de-Bretagne, Marine le Pen was almost hit by an egg by about 50 protesters shouting "Out with fascists". The egg missed Ms le Pen's head. Security immediately shielded Ms le Pen and she was unharmed.[18][19]
On September 27, 2021, President Emmanuel Macron was hit on the shoulder by an egg during a food trade fair in Lyon.[20]
On March 12, 2022, an egg was cracked on far-right presidential candidate Éric Zemmour's head while he was campaigning in Moissac.[21]
On April 27, 2022, a tomato missed President Emmanuel Macron during a visit to a working-class area of Paris.[citation needed]
On June 4, 2022, eggs were thrown again at Marine le Pen while she was campaigning for the legislative elections. Insults were also thrown at her during her visit to Saint Amand les Eaux. Ms le Pen was quickly escorted by her bodyguards and was unharmed.[22][23]
Since the 1950s protesters have thrown yogurt, referred to as "yaourtoma", at politicians and in 1958 doing so was criminalized until 1983. Alekos Alavanos, Liana Kanelli, and Haris Kastanidis have had yogurt thrown at them.[24]
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").[25][26]
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).[26][27]
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).[26]
In November 2010, health minister Mary Harney had red paint thrown at her by a city councillor from Dublin.[29]
In November 2012, protesters at University College Dublin threw eggs at Fine Gael leader and TaoiseachEnda Kenny, while he was attending the opening of a student centre in the college. The eggs missed Kenny.[30]
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.
On February 6, 1990, Queen Elizabeth II was almost hit by a wet t-shirt during Waitangi Day ceremonies, thrown by Maori student Henearoahuea Tepou.[38]
On February 5, 2004, a handful of mud was thrown at New Zealand National Party leader Don Brash, hitting him in the face and upper chest. The thrower, later identified as Kevin Raymond Duncan, was charged with disorderly conduct. This charge was later withdrawn.[39][40]
On March 7, 2001, Minister of Commerce Leif Pagrotsky and European Parliamentarian Marit Paulsen were attending a public meeting in Lund when two members of the Swedish Anarcho-syndicalist Youth Federation threw cakes at their necks as a claimed attempt to start a debate on a lack of democracy in the European Union.[44]
On April 17, 2001, Minister of Finance Bosse Ringholm had a cake thrown at his face by a protester during the traditional Budgetpromenaden.[45]
On September 5, 2001, King Carl XVI Gustaf was visiting Getterön nature center when a 16-year old boy threw a cake in his face.[46]
On November 5, 2013, the Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Åkesson had a cake thrown at him.[47] The perpetrator was sentenced to 2 months in jail and fined 5000 kr for the crime of harassment.[48]
On August 18, 2014, Minister for Social Affairs Göran Hägglund was attending a public meeting on Kungsportsplatsen in Gothenburg when a 20-year old man threw a cake in his face as a claimed protest against homophobic policies of the Christian Democrats.[49]
On 21 April 2010, a teenager threw an egg at Conservative Party leaderDavid Cameron. The teenager was detained but was released once police determined he had no other missiles.[51]
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.[54]
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."[55]
In 2000, a vegetarian activist threw a pie at Secretary of AgricultureDan Glickman at the National Nutrition Summit in protest of his promotion of meat products.[59]
In 2003, Arnold Schwarzenegger was egged while campaigning for governor of California.[59] He later made a quip about the incident, and described the action as part of free speech.[60]
On October 21, 2004, Ann Coulter was pied by Phillip Edgar Smith and William Zachary Wolff in the name of "Al Pieda" (a pun on Al Qaeda) while giving a speech at the University of Arizona.[59][61]
On March 30, 2005, Bill Kristol was pied by a student while giving a foreign policy speech at Earlham College. The student stated that they were "making a statement about what he called a mock dialog".[59][62]
On November 7, 2005, an individual threw a cup of ice cubes at California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in Chico, with several ice cubes landing on Schwarzenegger, who did not react. Shortly after, a woman crushed a muffin in her hand and threw it at Schwarzenegger.[63]
On July 4, 2008, Vermont Governor Jim Douglas was pied in the face by a man dressed as Santa Claus in protest of his energy policies.[59]
On August 16, 2010, Senator Carl Levin, a Jewish member of Congress, was pied in the face by Ahlam Mohsem to "bring to light Sen[ator] Levin's war crimes" as a "Zionist".[65]
On May 17, 2011, Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista Gingrich were glitter bombed by Nick Espinosa who shouted "Stop the hate!" and "Feel the rainbow, Newt!"[66]
On February 6, 2012, Representative Ron Paul was glitter bombed by a protester who shouted "Housing and health care are human rights, not privileges!" while Paul was campaigning for the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries.[76]
On February 1 and February 7, 2012, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney was glitter bombed by protesters.[77][78]
On June 1, 2019, a woman threw a drink at Representative Matt Gaetz as he left a restaurant in Pensacola, Florida. The woman, who had previously run against Gaetz in the 2016 House election, was sentenced to 15 days in federal prison.[81]
On September 8, 2021, radio show host running for the governorship of California, Larry Elder was egged by a woman on a bike wearing a Gorilla mask in Venice, Los Angeles.[83]
On May 20, 2022, New York City Mayor Eric Adams had a protein drink can thrown at him, hitting one of his security guards.[84]
On April 29, 2023, a woman was arrested for allegedly throwing a drink at Matt Gaetz and another man during a wine festival in Miramar Beach, Florida. The woman claimed she tripped and spilled the drink on Gaetz.[87]
In 2015 president Nicolas Maduro was hit in the head with a mango with a written message on it while visiting Anzoategui.[11]
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