Remember last fall when the character Rich Uncle Pennybags from the board game Monopoly lit up social media after photo-bombing a Senate hearing on the Equifax data breach?
Well, so-called Monopoly Man appeared again Thursday, complete with a monocle, top hat and bushy white mustache, during a Senate hearing with Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chief Mick Mulvaney.
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The activist, whose real name is Amanda Werner, also dressed up as a “Russian troll” and sat in the audience during Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Senate hearing earlier this week. Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Werner (@wamandajd) about the stunts.
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