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Activist Pours Fake Oil on Herself During Senate Hearing

HeadlineJun 10, 2010

In Washington, the Texas shrimper and activist Diane Wilson was arrested on Wednesday for pouring fake oil on herself during a Senate energy hearing. Wilson took the dramatic action while Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski was questioning Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.

Diane Wilson, CodePink: “We are tired of the bailouts, and we are tired of being dumped on in the Gulf. I’m a commercial fisherma’am from the Gulf Of Mexico, and we’re tired of being dumped on!”

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