{"id":2324716,"date":"2024-08-14T20:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T00:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liz-truss-walks-out-of-book-event-after-lettuce-banner-prank-not-funny-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-14T20:53:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T00:53:18","slug":"liz-truss-walks-out-of-book-event-after-lettuce-banner-prank-not-funny-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liz-truss-walks-out-of-book-event-after-lettuce-banner-prank-not-funny-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Liz Truss walks out of book event after lettuce banner prank: \u2018Not funny\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fliz-truss-walks-out-of-book-event-after-lettuce-banner-prank-not-funny-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2324716&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Liz Truss, the former\u2064 Prime Minister\u200d of the United Kingdom, abruptly left a book \u2062promotional event after a prank orchestrated \u2064by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-lawmaker-pushes-sex-ed-overhaul-teaching-gender-identity-to-5-year-olds-anal-sex-to-11-year-olds\/\" title=\"New York Lawmaker Pushes Sex Ed Overhaul: Teaching \u2018Gender Identity\u2019 To 5-Year-Olds, \u2018Anal Sex\u2019 To 11-Year-Olds\">left-wing activist group<\/a>. During \u200dher onstage\u2064 discussion at the Beccles Public Hall,\u200c a \u200cremote-controlled banner\u2062 displaying a head of lettuce with the caption \u201cI crashed the economy\u201d was lowered above her. This\u200c gag referenced a \u200cprevious joke by the *Daily Star*, which had humorously suggested that a head of lettuce might outlast her tenure\u200c as Prime Minister\u2014a\u200d title she ultimately held for the shortest duration in UK history. <\/p>\n<p>While Truss\u200b was discussing her support for Donald Trump, the banner&#8217;s appearance caught her off \u200cguard, and she expressed her disapproval, stating, \u201cThat\u2019s not funny,\u201d before\u2064 leaving the \u2064stage. The incident was met with laughter from some audience members, and the activist group Led by Donkeys later claimed responsibility for the prank on social media.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Liz Truss walks out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-temporarily-bans-ads-for-weapons-accessories-ahead-of-inauguration-day\/\" title=\"Facebook Temporarily Bans Ads for Weapons Accessories Ahead of Inauguration Day\">book event<\/a> after lettuce banner prank: &lsquo;Not funny&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1730868\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/liz-truss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Liz Truss\">Liz Truss<\/a>, former prime minister of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"United Kingdom\">United Kingdom<\/a>, walked off the stage at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"book\">book<\/a> promotion event after a left-wing activist group pranked her.<\/p>\n<p>A video posted on X showed Truss sitting down in a green dress for a discussion onstage Tuesday night at the Beccles Public Hall in Suffolk.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Trump\">Trump<\/a>, and I want him to win. It&rsquo;s what I was saying a bit about incumbents. I think the average American is not doing well,&rdquo; she said as a remote-controlled banner lowered from overhead featuring an image of a head of lettuce and the phrase, &ldquo;I crashed the economy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The image was meant to mock Truss because the <em>Daily Star <\/em>had launched a live stream to see whether a head of iceberg lettuce would last longer in office than the prime minister during her tenure. Truss had called the outlet&rsquo;s joke &ldquo;puerile.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A man, likely an adviser or security for Truss, went onstage and pointed out the banner to her.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Liz Truss walked out of a book promotion event after a banner was lowered of a lettuce with the caption &ldquo;I crashed the economy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Truss is notably the shortest-serving Prime Minister in the UK&rsquo;s history, famously being outlasted by a lettuce via livestream in 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wC56PZOrlU\">pic.twitter.com\/wC56PZOrlU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1823698268494164011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The host of the discussion did not tell Truss as the banner was lowered over her head but said he &ldquo;had no idea&rdquo; where the banner came from when confronted by a Truss staffer.<\/p>\n<p>Some people in the audience were heard laughing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s not funny,&rdquo; Truss said as she looked up at the banner and left the discussion.<\/p>\n<p>The prank was organized by the group Led by Donkeys, who <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ByDonkeys\/status\/1823481596185616717\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"took credit\">took credit<\/a> for the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We just dropped in on Liz Truss&rsquo;s pro-Trump speaking tour with a remote-controlled lettuce banner. She didn&rsquo;t find it funny,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ten-gop-senators-counter-bidens-1-9-trillion-relief-plan-request-meeting\/\" title=\"Ten GOP Senators Counter Biden\u2019s .9 Trillion Relief Plan, Request Meeting\">group wrote<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p>Truss responded to the book event prank on social media.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What happened last night was not funny. Far-left activists disrupted the event, which then had to be stopped for security reasons.<\/p>\n<p>This is done to intimidate people and suppress free speech. I won&#8217;t stand for it.<\/p>\n<p>Would we see the same reaction if the activists were far-right?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Liz Truss (@trussliz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trussliz\/status\/1823724357866438688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;What happened last night was not funny. Far-left activists disrupted the event, which then had to be stopped for security reasons. This is done to intimidate people and suppress free speech. I won&rsquo;t stand for it,&rdquo; she said on X.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Would we see the same reaction if the activists were far-right?&rdquo; Truss added.<\/p>\n<p>The former prime minister has been on a tour for her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ten-Years-Save-West-Truss\/dp\/1684515513\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>latest book<\/a> <em>Ten Years to Save the West<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1730868\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1730868\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liz Truss, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, left a book promotion event after being pranked by a left-wing activist group. A video shared on X captured Truss, dressed in green, participating in a discussion at Beccles Public Hall in Suffolk. During her remarks about supporting Trump and concerns for the average American&#8217;s well-being, a remote-controlled banner descended from above displaying an image of lettuce with the words &#8220;I crashed the economy.&#8221; This was intended as a jab at Truss due to a Daily Star live stream that humorously compared her tenure to that of an iceberg lettuce. Truss had previously dismissed this joke as &#8220;puerile.&#8221; An individual believed to be part of her team pointed out the banner to her while it was lowered without prior warning from the event host, who later claimed he had no knowledge of its origin when approached by Truss&#8217;s staff. Some audience members laughed at the prank, but Truss remarked, &#8220;That\u2019s not funny,&#8221; before exiting the stage. The group Led by Donkeys took responsibility for orchestrating this stunt and posted about it on X. In response to the incident on social media, Truss stated that what occurred was not humorous and characterized it as an intimidation tactic aimed at suppressing free speech. She questioned whether there would have been similar reactions if far-right activists had been involved instead. Currently, she is promoting her new book titled *Ten Years to Save the West*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2324717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24053819385870-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38182,38181,38180],"class_list":["post-2324716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-book-event","tag-lettuce-prank","tag-liz-truss"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24053819385870-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2324716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2324717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2324716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2324716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2324716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}